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!
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn 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.
Recent episodes include "Episode 248: Free Speech Today" (5 October 2026, 44 minutes), "Episode 247: Reyna Grande & Erika L. Sánchez" (28 September 2026, 57 minutes), and "Episode 242: Lauren Groff & John Stauffer" (24 August 2026, 43 minutes).
AWM Author Talks publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 250 episodes.
Booking probability for AWM Author Talks is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. AWM Author Talks requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. AWM Author Talks's contact route on record: verified email.
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AWM Author Talks is an arts podcast with 250 episodes published.
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AWM Author Talks
This week, writers and free speech advocates Jacob Mchangama and Sara Paretsky discuss the importance of free speech today. Jacob Mchangama is the author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media , which...
AWM Author Talks
This week, Reyna Grande and Erika L. Sánchez discuss Grande’s new book Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget , an ambitious memoir in essays that illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the...
AWM Author Talks
This week, author Lauren Groff and editor John Stauffer discuss the craft and history of short stories, as well as their latest work. Moderated by author and professor Peter Coviello . Groff, a three-time National Book...
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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...
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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...
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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...
AWM Author Talks
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
AWM Author Talks
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
AWM Author Talks
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...
AWM Author Talks
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...
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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...
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