Celeste Mohammed gives a 'Pleasantview' of Trinidad
The interconnected short stories in Celeste Mohammed's debut novel, Pleasantview, dispel the myth of Trinidad as a happy-go-lucky island nation, inste...
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Interviews with award-winning authors from the Lesley University community and beyond. We cover a broad range of genres and topics, all related to books and the writing life.
Filmmaker Thato Mwosa on 'Memoirs of a Black Girl' and true stories of Africa
Even though Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing alum Thato Mwosa grew up in Bostwana, her dolls were white and so were most of the faces on her ...
Author Andrea Wang on Growing up Chinese-American in the Midwest
Children's and middle-grade author Andrea Wang talks about her two new releases for young readers—both exploring Chinese-American identity and growing...
Why we need to talk about mental health with YA author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum
For our last episode of the season, young adult author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum talks about "The Stepping Off Place," her heartbreaking novel about fri...
On the High Seas with Travel Writer Chaney Kwak
In his debut, The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies from a Sinking Ship (Godine, June 2021), longtime travel writer...
National Poetry Month: 'The Translator' by Kevin Prufer
It's the final week of our National Poetry Month series, and we're joined by Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Kevin Prufer who reads and discusses 'The T...
National Poetry Month: 'As for the Heart' by Erin Belieu
For National Poetry Month, we've invited one poet from our community to share a poem and a little about their process. This week, acclaimed poet Erin ...
National Poetry Month: 'We Be Womxn' by U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo
It's National Poetry Month and we're doing things a little differently this month. Each week in April, we're inviting one poet from the Lesley communi...
National Poetry Month: Cowboys & 'the Dread'
It's National Poetry Month and we're doing things a little differently. Each week in April, we're inviting one poet from the Lesley community to share...
The Shape of Poetry with Katya Zinn
Katya Zinn's debut book of poetry "human versus" explores the multiverse, mental health, trauma, loss, and healing. In our interview, she talks about ...