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In this weekly series, we air previously recorded conversations with leading authors, poets, graphic novelists, playwrights, songwriters, historians and more about craft, processes, influences, inspirations, and what it's like to live as a writer. These episodes are edited and condensed versions of our programs and they are a great way to discover new writers, listen to a program you missed, or relive a program that you loved!
Unknown Host hosts AWM Author Talks, a arts show with 241 episodes published.
This week, hear from three accomplished writers who blend suspense with humor to tell compelling stories. How do humor and suspense intersect to create compelling novels? These three funny masters of mystery discuss thei
Three finalists for the 2026 Nebula Awards— Amy Chu , Somto Ihezue , and Annalee Newitz —discuss their craft, why they write, and the state of speculative fiction today. Moderated by Tananarive Due , Toastmaster of the 2
This week, actress and humorist Annabelle Gurwitch discusses her new book The End of My Life Is Killing Me: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker . In this deftly comedic and deeply contemplative memoir, the New York T
This week, acclaimed writers Daniel Kraus and Susan Orlean discuss the process of adapting books into film and television, as well as their latest releases. Kraus—who won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel
This week, religion scholars Reza Aslan and Ilan Stavans sit down with Emily D. Crews to discuss their new anthology, A Nation Wrestles with God: American Prophets, Philosophers, and Firebrands , a historic collection of
This week, acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan talks about writing baseball and his new book The First All-Star Game: Babe Ruth, FDR, and America at the Crossroads . He is interviewed by comedian Joe Kilgallon . This p
This week, we explore America at 250 years old, through lenses of migration, Black history, and queer liberation. Darius Bost and C. Riley Snorton discuss their book A Black Queer History of the United States . And Anna
This week, the American Writers Museum and the Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago present a conversation with writer, entertainer, drag queen, LGBTQ+ rights activist and 'Queen of Ireland' Rory O'Neill , also known as
This week, pop culture historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong stops by to discuss her latest book Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit’rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America . Armstrong tells the definitive s
This week, we chat with poet Naoko Fujimoto , a senior editor at RHINO Poetry . She stopped by the AWM the other week to discuss the work of translation, her poetry process, and her forthcoming book titled: of Women: 20
This week, poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema K. Shehabi discuss their powerful new book Water to Water: Gaza Renga , a poetry collaboration in the call-and-response form of renga written during the conflict in Gaza. This co
This week, religious studies professor Dr. Kati Curts discusses her book Assembling Religion: The Ford Motor Company and the Transformation of Religion in America , which illustrates how Henry Ford institutionalized a so
This week, Maggie and Africa Brown discuss the legacy of their father— Oscar Brown, Jr. —and perform some of his work. This conversation originally took place February 26, 2026 and was recorded live at the American Write
In this episode, Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad discusses her book The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde . Black, queer, feminist, Buddhist: The Fire Inside casts a fresh new light on the radical literary le
This week, scholars Lisa Marie Gring-Pemble and Martha Watson discuss their book Your Daughters Will Prophesy: Religion and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century Woman’s Movement . Their work explores how four 19th-century
This week, Emmy Award-winning journalist Mary Ann Ahern talks about covering religion, writing about Chicago's Pope, and shaping the public's perception and practice of faith. Ahern is interviewed by AWM President Carey
Music journalist Alan Light discusses spirituality and song, as well as his new book Don’t Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours , which examines the enduring relevance of Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours 50 yea
This week, scholar Christopher W. Hunt discusses his recent book Jimmy’s Faith: James Baldwin, Disidentification, and the Queer Possibilities of Black Religion . This conversation originally took place September 16, 2025
This week, three writers of romance— Sajni Patel , Scarlett St. Clair , and Helene Wecker —discuss the role of religion in the romance genre. This conversation originally took place July 10, 2025 and was recorded live at
This week, scholar Thomas A. Tweed discusses his new book Religion in the Lands that Became America . A sweeping retelling of American religious history, Tweed shows how religion has enhanced and hindered human flourishi
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