Heather Wood talks about the joys and challenges of performing Shakespeare. [27:31]

Andre Dubus III's memoir Townie isn’t a literary coming of age story. It’s an exploration of violence and absence. [30:37]

The City of Devi, an apocalyptic sex comedy and love story, is the third book in Manil Suri’s trilogy centered on Mumbai. [26:08]

Teaching Portland's children core curriculum through the arts. [30:06]

Stephan Jost discusses how the Honolulu Museum of Art works to serve its military community. [25:56]

Toward the end of his life, Robert Ward discussed his remarkable career in music. [29:15]

In her latest book, When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams explores the legacy of her mother’s journals. [28:11]

The team behind the new app Poems by Heart discuss how they combine great gaming with classic poetry. [28:20]

2010 NEA Literature Fellow Adam Johnson talks the challenges of setting a novel in North Korea. [29:00]

Antonio Sanchez talks about the melody of jazz drumming and his new CD, New Life. [34:21]