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As a Black Honrouran woman, book publicist, editor, and all-around book lover, Saraciea J. Fennell is working to improve literacy and access to books in one of New York's poorest counties.

Whether you're a parent, teacher, or simply someone who will one day in encounter a child, Rebecca Rolland ’17 has advice for how to respond to kids, and most importantly, how to listen.

With heartfelt, gritty and sometimes funny essays, Cindy House's debut "Mother Noise" address addiction, parenting, and the author's long friendship with David Sedaris.

Tavi Taylor Black and Christine Junge are the podcasters behind the literary podcast "The Personal Element." They take us through their process, and we discuss an essay from Cindy House's forthcoming collection "Mother Noise."

On our final National Poetry Month episode of the year, Bonita Lee Penn shares a hopeful poem inspired by death (no really).

A visit to a New York City expands Staci Halt's understanding of poetry.

July Westhale ’13 imagines life in outer space with her forthcoming poetry collection "Moon Moon." On this episode, she gives us a preview with "the world as it is."

Robbie Gamble shares an unforgettable poem from his experiences working with immigrants in the Southwest.

Poetry is great, right? Why don't we read it more? Poet and professor Kevin Prufer gives us practical ways to start reading poetry and why it's (sometimes) better than fiction.

In Hayley Krischer's "The Falling Girls," a mysterious death, friendship, betrayal, and social media mix to create a "thrilleresque" and compulsively readable young adult novel.

Step aside hygge, there's a new non-English word that you need to know and Pamela Petro has written a beautiful book about it with "The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence."

Margaret F. Chen's short story collection "Suburban Gothic" peers behind the facade of life in the 'burbs.