Literary Arts

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," poet Claudia Rankine discusses her latest collection, "Just Us," with Jericho Brown in this conversation from the 2020 Portland Book Festival.

Margaret Atwood shares her latest poetry collection, "Dearly," in this conversation with Karen Russell from the Portland Book Festival.

Oregon essayist and author Barry Lopez died this week at the age of 75. On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," we listen back to Lopez' conversation about his book of nonfiction called "Horizon" with Andrew Proctor, Executive Director of Literary Arts.

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," naturalist, historian, illustrator, and writer Helen Macdonald shares stories and insights on a range of topics linked to the natural world.

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," Isabel Wilkerson discusses "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" in this conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen from the 2020 Portland Book Festival.

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," interviewed by Mitchell S. Jackson.

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," you'll hear excerpts from the 2020 Portland Book Festival, with writers including Charles Yu, Claire Messud, & Nate Marshall.

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," listen to excerpts from the 2020 Portland Book Festival, with writers including Anne Helen Petersen, Justin Phillip Reed, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," you'll hear excerpts from the first day of the 2020 Portland Book Fest with writers including Lidia Yuknavitch, Kelli Jo Ford, and Dr. Michele Harper.

On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," April Henry, Tehlor Kay Mejia, and Renée Watson discuss activism, community, and bravery in this YA panel from the 2019 Portland Book Festival.