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A Conversation with Richard Blanco: "One Today," One Year Later
Richard Blanco – the first openly gay, the first Latino, and the youngest presidential inauguration poet ever.
Gregg BarriosJan 4, 2014
“There is never anything without something else”: A Conversation with Brenda Hillman
Gerald Maa, editor-in-chief of the Asian American Literary Review, sits down with poet Brenda Hillman to talk about poetry, politics and Letters on Fire.
Gerald MaaDec 27, 2013
- Poetry
Compassion and Dignity: A Conversation with Elton John
John-Manuel AndrioteDec 22, 2013
- Gender & Sexuality
- Music
Whatever That Thing Is For You and Yours
Voice of the new South Allan Gurganus discusses regional literature, the craft of writing, and his new collection of novellas, Local Souls.
Joe FasslerDec 18, 2013
- Fiction
Courting Vectoralists: An Interview with McKenzie Wark on the 10 Year Anniversary of "A Hacker Manifesto"
McKenzie Wark speaks 10 years after the publication of The Hacker Manifesto.
Melissa GreggDec 17, 2013
Randall Kennedy on Affirmative Action
Not all discrimination is bad.
Don FranzenDec 15, 2013
- Law
Three Questions for Ramón García
Daniel A. OlivasDec 15, 2013
- Art & Architecture
PODCAST #50: A. Scott Berg, "Wilson"
Colin MarshallDec 10, 2013
- History
There Are Good Guys and Bad Guys and They’re Punching: An Interview with “The Masked Man,” David Shoemaker
Evan AllgoodDec 8, 2013
- Cultural Studies
An Interview with Medea Benjamin on Drone Warfare
The United States has set a terrible precedent for drone warfare.
Allegra L. FunstenDec 5, 2013
Chaos Theory: An Interview with Nick Bilton About "Hatching Twitter"
The breakthroughs. The drama. The bickering. The success. The story of how Twitter was born.
Shaun RandolDec 3, 2013
PODCAST #49: Stathis Gourgouris, "Lessons in Secular Criticism"
Arne De BoeverDec 3, 2013
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
Dirty Mind: An Interview with Wayne Koestenbaum
There is nothing drab about Wayne Koestenbaum.
Lisa LevyDec 2, 2013
What Gets Saved and What Gets Lost: An Interview with Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore: “I wanted to tell Jane Franklin’s story as a way to ask readers to think about how history gets written: what gets saved and what gets lost."
Joy HorowitzNov 29, 2013
Everyone Has a Place Part II: Damien Sneed on Conducting Wynton Marsalis's Abyssinian Mass
Candice HoyesNov 24, 2013
Doug Dorst talks about working with J.J. Abrams
Richard Z. Santos interviews Doug Dorst.
Richard Z. SantosNov 21, 2013