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Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley

… Kingsley Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley belongs to the Onondaga Nation of Indigenous Americans in New York. He is the author of … Prize Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize Saturnalia Book Award American Fiction Award International Latino Book … Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley belongs to the Onondaga Nation of Indigenous Americans in New York. He …

Authors / Interviews

Deep Cuts—Larry Watson's Let Him Go

… Interviews Hello, friends, and welcome to another edition of Deep Cuts . In this series, we dive in with some of our authors and discuss the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the composition and … What is the logic behind cutting a scene when adapting a book into a screenplay? (The answer might surprise you!) Read …

Larry Watson

Let Him Go

book adaptations

movie adaptations

Jessica Lee Anderson

… Jessica Lee Anderson Jessica Lee Anderson is the author of Calli , Border Crossing , and Trudy , winner of the … one scene at a time. I keep a notebook before I start a book with everything I can think of about my characters, so … Jessica Lee Anderson is the author of Calli , Border Crossing , and Trudy , winner …

Podcast

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Fiction / SF/F

Lily Brooks-Dalton : Ruins

— 04/08/2026

… yet mysterious, only slowly revealing its cards. Through the lens of archaeology, Ruins explores how cultures construct history … six new intimate letters. Praised by the New York Times Book Review as providing a cultural clarity and a general … yet mysterious, only slowly revealing its cards. Through the lens of archaeology, Ruins explores how cultures …

Robin Wall Kimmerer

… scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the … Robin Wall Kimmerer | Greenpeace USA Video URL Watch: 2020 Book Lovers Ball Featuring Robin Wall Kimmerer | Milkweed … scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the …

Podcast

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Nonfiction / SF/F

Robert Macfarlane : Is a River Alive?

— 06/26/2025

… with Robert Macfarlane. A polyvocal deep dive into the mysteries of words and rivers, of speech acts as spells, whorls as … a lichen scientist. Natalie Diaz, who read from Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings. Richard Powers, reading W. S. … with Robert Macfarlane. A polyvocal deep dive into the mysteries of words and rivers, of speech acts as spells, …

Larry Tremblay

… a writer, director, actor, and Kathakali specialist. He is the author of thirty books, including The Orange Grove and two previous … may immediately bring their own preconceptions to the book—on my first reading, for instance, I was certain it … a writer, director, actor, and Kathakali specialist. He is the author of thirty books, including The Orange Grove and …

Podcast

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Poetry

Megan Fernandes : I Do Everything I’m Told

— 06/19/2023

… with poet Megan Fernandes we look at questions of poetics and aesthetics in relation to capitalism and … how we might create kinship across difference both on the page and in one’s life, creating a sense of shared living … the Robert Pinsky Global Fellow in Portugal, has been a book reviewer for the Harriet Books blog at the Poetry …

Chris Dombrowski

… Chris Dombrowski Chris Dombrowski is the author of The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water . He is … Social Links Facebook VIEW AUTHOR WEBSITE Awards Montana Book Award Notable Best American Essay (2) National Magazine … Chris Dombrowski is the author of The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving …

Rebecca Dunham

… Rebecca Dunham Rebecca Dunham is the author of Cold Pastoral and three previous collections of poems, … and even the contemporary water crisis in Flint, MI . The book’s fusing of these seemingly disparate topics highlights … Rebecca Dunham is the author of Cold Pastoral and three previous collections of …