Explore the intersections of literature and music in these conversations between writers and members of both Oregon Symphony and 45th Parallel.
Jan 14
52 min
Renowned classicist Mary Beard takes us back in time to ancient Rome, in this lecture about the making of her latest book, Emperor of Rome.
Jan 7
1 hr 12 min
Amor Towles discusses the inspiration for and process of writing his latest bestseller, The Lincoln Highway, at this event in Portland.
Dec 31, 2023
52 min
Leslie Marmon Silko discusses her first book of nonfiction, The Turquoise Ledge, in this 2010 conversation with Molly Gloss.
Dec 24, 2023
53 min
Nobel Prize-winning author, V. S. Naipaul, shares and contextualizes selections from India: A Million Mutinies Now in this event from 1991.
Dec 17, 2023
56 min
Update your TBR list: 2023 Portland Book Festival authors recommend some of their favorite writers and titles featured at the event.
Dec 10, 2023
51 min
Barbara Walter discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Demon Copperhead, with Jess Walter at this live event in Portland, Oregon.
Dec 3, 2023
1 hr 14 min
Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, interviewed by Mitchell S. Jackson.
Nov 26, 2023
52 min
In the wake of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial, Michael Lewis discusses Going Infinite, his book exploring the rise and fall of Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency hedge fund and exchange.
Nov 19, 2023
1 hr 5 min
Zadie Smith, joined by Parul Sehgal, sparkles with humor and insight in this conversation about her latest novel, The Fraud.
Nov 12, 2023
52 min
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