Aug 29, 2021
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar talks with Marcia Franklin about his trajectory from Milwaukee to Broadway, and the often controversial themes of his works. Akhtar won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for his play "Disgraced."
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Aug 22, 2021
Journalist Louisa Thomas talks about her book Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, which examines the life and times of First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of President John Quincy Adams and the first foreign-born First Lady of the United States. Thomas illuminates not only the life of this fascinating...
Aug 15, 2021
In a far-ranging discussion, Dialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with author Jamaica Kincaid about her life, her writing philosophy, gardening, Brexit, and race relations in America. Kincaid, who spoke at the 2016 Sun Valley Writers' Conference, was a staff writer for The New Yorker for 20 years. She's also the author...
Aug 8, 2021
Marcia Franklin talks with author Claire Vaye Watkins about the nexus between her life and her books, which include the novel Gold Fame Citrus and the short story collection Battleborn. The two also discuss the myths that surround the American West, and how Watkins has incorporated her anger about them into her works....
Aug 1, 2021
Author and open-water devotee Susan Casey talks with Marcia Franklin about her book, Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins. It examines the unique qualities of dolphins, threats to the species, and the people trying to save them.
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