AWM Author Talks

This week, AWM President Carey Cranston talks with former chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises Christie Hefner about the landmark publication and its relation to Ray Bradbury and Fahrenheit 451 in particular. This program took place May 25th, 2021 and was recorded live via Zoom.

This is the second of three episodes in a row about Bradbury in the leadup to his August 22nd birthday. Visit our special exhibit Ray Bradbury: Inextinguishable to learn more about the writing legend, on display now at the American Writers Museum.

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This week, AWM President Carey Cranston talks with Dr. Sam Weller, Ray Bradbury’s authorized biographer and author of The Bradbury Chronicles. He is also the author of his own short story collection Dark Black, which is hauntingly thrilling. This is the first of three episodes in a row about Bradbury in the lead-up to his August 22nd birthday. Visit our special exhibit Ray Bradbury: Inextinguishable to learn more about the writing legend, on display now at the American Writers Museum.

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This week, Kathleen Rooney talks about her recent novel Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey with fellow writer Michael Zapata, author of The Lost Book of Adana Moreau. This program took place August 13th, 2020 and was recorded live via Zoom. Learn more about and order Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey here.

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This week, AWM Program Director Allison Sansone chats with renowned poet and a leader of the Black Arts Movement Dr. Haki Madhubuti about his recent collection Taught By Women: Poems as Resistance Language. This program took place May 20, 2021 and was recorded live via Zoom.

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This week, AWM Program Director Allison Sansone chats with writer and researcher Jess McHugh about her recent book Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books. This program took place June 1, 2021 and was recorded live via Zoom.

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June is Immigrant Heritage Month and we are celebrating all month long by sharing past programs presented in conjunction with our special exhibit My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today. This exhibit has been extended through 2021 and you can explore it in person at the American Writers Museum or online at My-America.org.

This week, acclaimed mystery writer Sara Paretsky interviews historian Dominic A. Pacyga about his book American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Polish Chicago.

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This week, program director Allison Sansone chats with writer and professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain, whose book The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez tells the true story of a Mexican teen mother journeying through the U.S. immigration system and the obstacles she faces.

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June is Immigrant Heritage Month and we are celebrating all month long by sharing past programs presented in conjunction with our special exhibit My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today. This exhibit has been extended through 2021 and you can explore it in person at the American Writers Museum or online at My-America.org.

This week, we talk with poet Khaled Mattawa about his recent collection Fugitive Atlas, a sweeping, impassioned collection of poems that touches on themes of immigration, occupation, environmental destruction, and more.

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June is Immigrant Heritage Month and we are celebrating all month long by sharing past programs presented in conjunction with our special exhibit My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today. This exhibit has been extended through 2021 and you can explore it in person at the American Writers Museum or online at My-America.org.

We kick off this special series with Rebecca Deng, who shares her story as a South Sudanese refugee finding a home in the U.S. in her memoir What They Meant for Evil. This conversation originally took place December 6, 2019 and was recorded live at the American Writers Museum.

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This week, Nicole Chung discusses her memoir All You Can Ever Know with fellow writer Rebecca Makkai. This conversation originally took place November 27th, 2018 and was recorded live at the American Writers Museum.

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