Rita Dove’s new book of poetry, “Playlist for the Apocalypse,” goes in many different historical and personal directions.

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Rita Dove: “Playlist for the Apocalypse”

Rabih Alameddine speaks about being in love with the characters in his new novel, “The Wrong End of the Telescope."

Rabih Alameddine: “The Wrong End of the Telescope”

“Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo” is a bilingual new book by Sandra Cisneros.

Sandra Cisneros: “Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo”

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Richard Powers discusses his new novel, “Bewilderment,” which has been longlisted for the Booker Prize and National Book Award.

Richard Powers: “Bewilderment”

Santa Claus, James Turrell, “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” John Wayne Gacy, and, most of all, George Miles: these are parts of Dennis Cooper‘s discussion of his new book, “I Wished.”

Dennis Cooper: “I Wished”

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers discusses writing about the full range of a community, its sexuality and gender, in her first fiction novel, “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois.”

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers: “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” (Part 2)

Master poet Honoree Fanonne Jeffers discusses her fiction debut, “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois.”

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers: “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” (Part 1)

Alice McDermott discusses the madness in fiction and her new book, “What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction.”

Alice McDermott: “What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction”

About the interdependence between humans and trees, Richard Powers found a place for the non-human in literary fiction with his new book, The Overstory.

Richard Powers: The Overstory

Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks discuss the small and significant differences between their original material and the final movie, “Annette.” 

Ron and Russell Mael: “Annette”

Rikki Ducornet speaks about writing in dreamtime for her new sci-fi book, “Trafik.”

Rikki Ducornet: “Trafik”

Part two of two, a continuation of Yaa Gyasi’s discussion about the extraordinary explorations of her books “Homegoing” and “Transcendent Kingdom.”

Yaa Gyasi: “Transcendent Kingdom” and “Homegoing” (Part 2)

Part one of two in which Yaa Gyasi discusses the myriad complexities of her novels “Transcendent Kingdom” and “Homegoing.”

Yaa Gyasi: “Transcendent Kingdom” and “Homegoing” (Part 1)

Jack Skelley speaks about his new book, “Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson,” and the bad Beach Boy’s intersection with a serial killer.

Jack Skelley: “Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson”

Editor/poet Emily Skillings and poet/critic John Yau speak about an iconic poet of the 21st century, John Ashbery, and his posthumous book, “Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works.”

Emily Skillings and John Yau: John Ashbery’s “Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works”

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