May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, and we’re celebrating with audiobooks from every genre that reflect individual experiences, the vast diversity of cultures within these communities, and the stories that AANHPI authors want to tell. READ MORE
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April is National Poetry Month! READ MORE
In this episode, meet journalist Tiffanie Drayton, author of Black American Refugee, poet Paul Tran, author of All the Flowers Kneeling, and journalist Karen Cheung, author of The Impossible City. READ MORE
In this episode, meet chef Gaby Melian, author of Food-Related Stories, young adult author and poet Erica Martin, author of And We Rise, and anthropologist Ruth Behar, author of TĂa Fortuna’s New Home. READ MORE
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