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Walt Whitman, gay love and a posthumous novel

Gay rights pioneer Arnie Kantrowitz shelved dreams of publishing his novel. Three years after his death, his partner fulfils his wish.(Image credit: Tatiana Fernandez/Sentinel Voices)

Sun Oct 13, 2024 15:07
A little mouse sets sail on a big adventure in 'The Ship in the Window'

Author Travis Jonker and illustrator Matthew Cordell talk about the real model ship that inspired their picture book about a man, his son, a mouse, and the voyage that brings them together.

Sun Oct 13, 2024 14:09
Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war

Keret, who lives in Tel Aviv, reflects on the protests in Israel and the U.S. over the hostages and Gaza. The son of Holocaust survivors, he has left- and right-wing political views in his own family.

Thu Oct 10, 2024 19:19
South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Han Kang won "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." Her novel "The Vegetarian" won the International Booker Prize in 2016.

Thu Oct 10, 2024 15:09
Han Kang becomes the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature

The citation commended Han Kang's "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.(Image credit: Lee Jin-man)

Thu Oct 10, 2024 14:28
'Us Fools' author, Nora Lange, on what the farm crisis has to say about today

Nora Lange’s novel "Us Fools" follows two young sisters growing up in the Midwest during the 1980's farming crisis. They're trying to figure out their lives while looking out for each other.

Wed Oct 9, 2024 11:54

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