Writers in Residence: Basically Delicious with Jennifer Egan
PEN America President and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan shares her crowd-pleasing salad dressing recipe for this holiday weekend. More
Writers in Residence: Digging in the Country with Jan Stocklassa
Swedish author and self-proclaimed arm-chair detective Jan Stocklassa speaks to us from the country, where he’s digging into research for his next project and taking editorial notes from an… More
Writers in Residence: “A Matter of Politics” – A Poem During Pride Month from Lolita Agamalova
Poet Lolita Agamalova shares her latest poem exploring love, relationships, and the politics of the body as a kind of modern queer performance art. More
Writers in Residence: Preserving Memories with Si’an CHEN
Si’an CHEN shares a simple process for preserving specimens of the natural world that delight and inspire her. More
Writers in Residence: A Poem-From-Home with Oksana Vasyakina
Poet Oksana Vasyakina invites us into her study, where she shares her latest piece, “These people didn’t know my father.” More
Writers in Residence: Stitch in This Time with Elisabeth Åsbrink
Elisabeth Åsbrink shows us how she uses embroidery to create beautiful patterns that tell their own stories. More
Writers in Residence: Cooking Gumbo Z’herbes with Fatima Shaik
Fatima Shaik teaches us how to cook delicious gumbo z’herbes. More
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