November is Native American Heritage Month, and we’re queuing up can’t-miss audiobooks written by Indigenous authors in the United States. From full-cast productions to author-reads, for fans of literary fiction, memoir, poetry, and stories for little listeners—here are our picks for seven audiobooks to hear now.
In this episode, meet poets Robin Coste Lewis, author of Voyage of the Sable Venus, Phillip B. Williams, author of Mutiny, and Elisabet Velasquez, author of When We Make It. Step into the recording booth and learn how these authors’ books of poetry and a novel-in-verse came to be. READ MORE
In this episode, meet poet Adrian Matejka, author of Somebody Else Sold the World, artist Pik-Shuen Fung, author of Ghost Forest, and writer David Searcy, author of The Tiny Bee That Hovers at the Center of the World. READ MORE
In this episode, meet Steven Rowley, author of The Guncle, poet Amit Majmudar, author of What He Did in Solitary, and A.S. King, author of Switch. READ MORE
In this episode of This Is the Author, meet poet Alessandra Narváez Varela, author of Thirty Talks Weird Love, performer Laura Hankin, author of A Special Place for Women, and poet Ishle Yi Park, author of Angel & Hannah. READ MORE
Readers of short stories and poetry know that both forms pack a lot of narrative punch into a finely-honed linguistic space—and that they are made to be heard aloud. READ MORE
This April marks the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month! Started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, Poetry Month reminds us that poetry is alive—and available to everyone. READ MORE
In this episode, meet poet Safia Elhillo, author of Home Is Not a Country, New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, and poet and artist Jasmine Mans, author of Black Girl, Call Home. READ MORE
In this episode, meet Bishop Michael Curry, author of Love is the Way, artist Riva Lehrer, author of Golem Girl, and poet Heid E. Erdrich, author of Little Big Bully. READ MORE
In this episode, meet journalist Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill, poet and critic Dan Chiasson, author of The Math Campers, and professor Deborah Tannen, author of Finding My Father. READ MORE
