Arguably the most important labor journalist of the 20th century, Mary Heaton Vorse advocated for the rights of women, children, workers, and people l...

"We all know that something is eternal..." could most certainly refer to the impact that Thornton Wilder had on the American literary landscape with h...

In this special episode to kick off the Halloween season, we revisit Edgar Allan Poe - iconic author and poet, critic, cryptographer, and crafter of d...

This week, meet Puerto Rico's unsung master poet, Julia de Burgos. Her short, remarkable life resembles the myths that had an impact on her work....

We're back to your usually scheduled programming with August Wilson, an extraordinary playwright who revolutionized American theatre with his Cen...

This week, we set up a mic and waited for your stories at the Printer's Row Lit Fest in Chicago, IL. In the first part of this episode, we share ...

Elizabeth Gask-who? Exactly! We're hoping to shine a light on this oft neglected author of Victorian England who wrote about poverty, double stan...

Eudora Welty. Wildly underrated, glass ceiling shattering, novelist, short story writer, photojournalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and a card carrying m...

This week: The Woman. The Myth. The Legend: Susan Sontag! We attempt to unpack the persona of an exceptional American author, philosopher, playwright,...

Get to know this exceptional poet, speaker, abolitionist, feminist fighter: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper! She was not only first African American woma...