The American Writers Museum Podcast Network features conversations with contemporary leading writers and scholars of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, television and more. AWM Author Talks, a weekly series, features one of our past live programs with contemporary writers and covers a range of topics including process, writing influences, and the life of a writer. The Nation of Writers Podcast is a monthly series in which we talk about writers of the past with experts and scholars who know them best, so you can know your favorite writers better too. Dead Writer Drama is another monthly series that examines controversial literary legends of the past in light of our current world.
AWM Author Talks
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 are a great way to discover new writers. Listen to a program you missed, or relive one you loved!
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Most Recent Episodes
Ep. 175: Sara Paretsky
Pay Dirt: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Ep. 174: Daniel de Visé
The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Classic
Ep. 173: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We’re Still So Obsessed With It)
Coming Soon
June 10: R. O. Kwon
June 17: Paul Tremblay
Nation of Writers
A monthly series that explores our ever growing Nation of Writers by examining powerful and significant American voices throughout history. We talk with scholars and authors around the country about the writers that have shaped our nation with their words and you’ll get the inside scoop about these writers and their processes. This podcast is presented in conjunction with our virtual exhibit American Voices.
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Most Recent Episodes
Coming Soon
May: Audre Lorde
Dead Writer Drama
In this monthly series, co-hosts Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and Zakiya Dalila Harris discuss the professional feuds, sex scandals, messy public breakups, and controversial legacies of history’s literary legends and how those are relevant in light of current culture, issues, discussions and literature. By bringing these authors to life through a modern lens, we’ll gain a deeper understanding of their work and legacies.
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Most Recent Episodes
Ep. 9: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Coming Soon
TBD
Featured Recommendations
Learn about these writers and celebrate their work during Black History Month (and all the other months too)!
Nation of Writers
Gwendolyn Brooks
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AWM Author Talks
Patti Hartigan on August Wilson
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Dead Writer Drama
Lorraine Hansberry
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Nation of Writers
Toni Morrison
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AWM Author Talks
Sterling Bland on Ralph Ellison
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Dead Writer Drama
Pauli Murray
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Nation of Writers
Maya Angelou
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AWM Author Talks
Clarence Lusane on Harriet Tubman
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Dead Writer Drama
James Baldwin
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PAST EPISODES
AWM Author Talks
- Episode 175: Sara Paretsky
- Episode 174: Daniel de Visé
- Episode 173: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Episode 172: Ed Zwick
- Episode 171: Tim Spofford
- Episode 170: Laurence Leamer
- Best of 2023!
- Episode 169: Gabriel Bump
- Episode 168: Clara Kumagai
- Episode 167: Jonathan Taplin & Michi Trota