Ahmad Jamal discusses his long and celebrated career. [30:51]

Sheila Jordan talks about her life in jazz. [34:48]

The editor of My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, Vol 1 discusses the relationship of the two artists. [29:32]

Liz Carroll talks about and demonstrates the multiplicity of Irish music. [38:15]

Laura Lippman talks about crime fiction, journalism and the social novel.  [30:30]

Aditi Brennan Kapil discusses the ways her mixed cultural background informed her play, Agnes Under the Big Top: A Tall Story. [29:32]

André Watts remembers the early years of his career. [39:41]

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove talks about her writing with a focus on her most recent book of poems, Sonata Mullatica. [30:44]

Stanley Nelson discusses his award-winning documentary Freedom Riders. [29:39]

Robert Battle discusses his first season as artistic head of the Alvin Ailey company. [33:04]