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. 230: Kati Curts
Assembling Religion: The Ford Motor Company and the Transformation of Religion in America
Ep. 229: Oscar Brown, Jr.
Maggie and Africa Brown on their father’s legacy
Ep. 228: Rima Vesely-Flad
The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde
Coming Soon
April 27:
Water to Water: Gaza Renga by Marilyn Hacker & Deema K. Shehabi
May 5:
Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit’rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
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
Tupac Shakur
Henry David Thoreau
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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PAST EPISODES
AWM Author Talks
- Episode 230: Kati Curts
- Episode 229: Oscar Brown, Jr.
- Episode 228: Rima Vesely-Flad
- Episode 227: Lisa Marie Gring-Premble & Martha Watson
- Episode 226: Mary Ann Ahern
- Episode 225: Alan Light
- Episode 224: Christopher W. Hunt
- Episode 223: Divine Love
- Episode 222: Thomas A. Tweed
- Episode 221: Faith is Funny