Literary Arts: The Archive Project

Authors Rachel Kushner and Danzy Senna with moderator Mat Johnson
The Archive Project - Rachel Kushner and Danzy Senna
Revisiting the 2024 Portland Book Festival with the "Deceit and Dark Humor" panel, featuring student readings from Writers in the Schools.
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The Archive Project - National Book Foundation Presents: Awards & Activism
National Book Foundation Presents: Awards & Activism at the 2024 Portland Book Festival with Robert Samuels and m.s. RedCherries.

The Archive Project - M. Gessen Portland Arts & Lectures
This episode features M. Gessen, the final speaker of the 2024/25 Portland Arts & Lectures series at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

The Archive Project - First-Gen Food: Kristina Cho, Joyln Chen & Louis Lin
Tune into this conversation about the infusion of cultural heritage and lineage into recipes which showcase first-generation American food.

The Archive Project - Portland Arts and Lectures - Emily Wilson
In this episode, we feature Emily Wilson speaking as part of Portland Arts & Lectures at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in April 2025.

The Archive Project - Ferris Jabr & Amy Stewart
Celebrate Earth Day with fresh insights from authors and environmentalists Ferris Jabr and Amy Stewart at the 2024 Portland Book Festival.

The Archive Project - Verselandia 2024
Journey through Verselandia! with performances from last year's event and interviews with this year’s hopefuls.

The Archive Project -Javier Zamora
In this episode, we bring you a talk from Javier Zamora. It was the culminating event of the 2025 Everybody Read’s program.

The Archive Project - Be A Revolution: Ijeoma Oluo & Hanif Fazal
This episode features Ijeoma Oluo, author of Be a Revolution, in conversation with author Hanif Fazal at the 2024 Portland Book Festival.

The Archive Project - Alice Hoffman in Conversation with Vailey Oehlke
Celebrated novelist and screenwriter, Alice Hoffman in conversation with the Director of the Multnomah County Library Vailey Oehlke at Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival.

The Archive Project - Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje shares multiple sequences from his critically acclaimed fourth novel, Anil’s Ghost.