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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 234 episodes published.
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
This week, we revisit our Faith is Funny program with four comedians— Gibran Saleem , Hari Kondabolu , Peter Sagal , and Kate Sidley —who discuss the role of religion in comedy. This conversation originally took place Ju
Beloved author Susan Orlean discusses her new book Joyride , a masterful memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose that invites us to approach life with wonder, curiosity, and an irrepressible sense of delight.
This week in honor of Halloween, we discuss the use of religion and spirituality in horror writing. We are joined by leading horror writers Tananarive Due , Juan Martinez , and Matt Ruff . This conversation originally to
This week, religious scholar Paul Elie discusses his latest book The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s . This enthralling group portrait brings to life a moment when popular culture became the si
This week, screenwriter and author Nicholas Meyer discusses his latest mystery novel Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing . In this latest book, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson delve into the world of art forgery. Meyer is
How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for writing a wildly inaccurate newspaper column read by millions of people? America's most beloved wiseass, Dave Barry , finally tells his lif
This week, we kick off our new exhibit and content initiative American Prophets: Writers, Religion, and Culture with four writers of speculative fiction: N. K. Jemisin , Matthew J. Kirby , Nnedi Okorafor , and Nghi Vo .
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