Her book," The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration," focuses on the transfer of Southern culture to the North, creating a new, vibrant culture in the country.
Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and "Things I've Been Silent About," Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her life in Iran, her parents, the Iranian Revolution, and, of course, the power of literature.
The NEA Big Read author on the inspiration for his novel "Into the Beautiful North," which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico, all the way north to Kankakee, Illinois.
Rudolfo Anaya talks about the writing of his acclaimed novel "Bless Me, Ultima" as well as in the influence of the oral tradition and folk tales on his writing and his life growing up in New Mexico.
NEA Literature Fellow and National Medal of Arts recipient Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigrant experience.
Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of translation and the Basque language.