Kiese Laymon bears the weight of a difficult past in his powerful memoir, Heavy
Nadine Labaki's Oscar-nominated film, Capernaum, highlights the heroism of children in Beirut
52minEdward P. Jones on The Known World: a compelling tale of slavery in the Antebellum South
53minKent Monkman’s subversive art creates a counter-narrative of Indigenous experience
52minMargo Jefferson on her musical icons, the Black elite, and the power of self-creation
1h 2minTurkish American novelist Elif Batuman on finding—and losing—yourself in fiction
1h 2minJames Runcie on the beauty, sorrow and genius of Johann Sebastian Bach
59minNatalie Haynes on the fantastic and fearsome women of Greek myth
58minNorwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier on life, love, and The Worst Person in the World
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