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4:22

Sascha Morrell

Why is William Faulkner so difficult to read?

Posted May 2023
13:06

Keenan Scott II

How poetry unlocked my superpowers

Posted May 2023
0:00

Tina Yong

The rise of the "trauma essay" in college applications

Posted Apr 2023
4:46

Mollie Godfrey

One of the most banned books of all time

Posted Feb 2023
5:12

Keenan Norris

One of the most "dangerous" men in American history

Posted Feb 2023
4:51

Jamie Bernthal

How to write the perfect crime, according to Agatha Christie

Posted Aug 2022
4:36

Charita Gainey

How Phillis Wheatley captured the attention of the world

Posted Aug 2022
0:00

Jim VandeHei

How to write less but say more

Posted Jul 2022
9:15

Bektour Iskender

The crime-fighting power of cross-border investigative journalism

Posted May 2022
14:52

Cecilia Aragon

The creativity and community behind fanfiction

Posted Mar 2022
4:19

Jodie Houlston-Lau

How to make a sad story funny

Posted Nov 2021
27:30

How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom — and change any industry

Posted Mar 2021
56:38

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Cheryl Strayed

Posted Feb 2021
4:47

Yen Pham

Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?

Posted Jan 2021
2:17

Emily Dickinson

What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry

Posted Dec 2020
14:53

Sakinah Hofler

How creative writing can help you through life's hardest moments

Posted Dec 2020
5:21

Soraya Field Fiorio

The rise and fall of history's first empire

Posted Oct 2020
3:45

Elif Shafak

If trees could speak

Posted Oct 2020
4:24

Susan Lupack

The race to decode a mysterious language

Posted Jul 2020
13:11

Jad Abumrad

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany

Posted Jun 2020
5:00

Rebekah Bergman

First person vs. Second person vs. Third person

Posted Jun 2020
14:20

Beth Ann Fennelly

How literature can help us develop empathy

Posted May 2020
9:44

Laurel Braitman

The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers

Posted May 2020
14:52

Sakinah Hofler

How to use creative writing to bear witness

Posted Apr 2020
4:34

Soraya Field Fiorio

Who was the world's first author?

Posted Mar 2020
11:55

Charlie Jane Anders

Go ahead, dream about the future

Posted Mar 2020
4:50

Iseult Gillespie

The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir

Posted Mar 2020
3:33

Sheila Marie Orfano

Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan?

Posted Dec 2019
4:32

Theresa A. Yugar

History's "worst" nun

Posted Nov 2019
16:25

Lori Gottlieb

How changing your story can change your life

Posted Nov 2019
14:33

David Peterson

Why language is humanity's greatest invention

Posted Oct 2019
3:23

Aracelis Girmay

"For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me A Card"

Posted Oct 2019
4:19

Laura Wright

Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy?

Posted Sep 2019
4:50

Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara

The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed

Posted Sep 2019
10:54

Jacqueline Woodson

What reading slowly taught me about writing

Posted Sep 2019
5:42

Iseult Gillespie

Why should you read "Midnight's Children"?

Posted Sep 2019