Archive - Women of Letters

A geographical mind: An interview with Kapka Kassabova

In this podcast author interview, literarily bilingual writer Kapka Kassabova discusses growing up in Bulgaria, her award-winning Balkan quartet of…

Jun 24 •

Jana M. Perkins

49:39

May 2025

Everyone is a mentor: An interview with Jennifer Baker

In this author interview, Jennifer Baker discusses the mentors who supported her work, how to establish boundaries, and the importance of reframing the…

May 27 •

Jana M. Perkins

2:16

April 2025

The experience of caring: An interview with Marianne Brooker

In this podcast author interview, British writer Marianne Brooker discusses the early influences that shaped her thinking, winning the Fitzcarraldo…

Apr 30 •

Jana M. Perkins

29:19

March 2025

Of language, of poetry, of memory: An interview with Mary Jo Bang

In this author interview, poet Mary Jo Bang discusses the books that shaped her thinking, studying at Columbia University with Lucie Brock-Broido, other…

Mar 18 •

Jana M. Perkins

2:15

February 2025

How writing could be: An interview with Elisa Gabbert

In this author interview, poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert discusses her career as a writer, the value of a good mentor, and her current projects.

Feb 18 •

Jana M. Perkins

2:30

January 2025

Ourselves, each other, and the world around us: An interview with Noreen Masud

In this podcast author interview, Noreen Masud discusses her memoir-travelogue A Flat Place, her upbringing in Pakistan, her early influences as a…

Jan 21 •

Jana M. Perkins

53:36

November 2024

Pack light and listen deeply: An interview with Cass Marketos

In this author interview, Cass Marketos discusses how travel shaped her life, her time working in the Obama administration, her creative process, and…

Nov 20, 2024 •

Jana M. Perkins

October 2024

To live many different lives: An interview with Ayşegül Savaş

In this author interview, Ayşegül Savaş discusses The Anthropologists — her latest work of literary fiction — and her career as a writer. Originally…

Oct 15, 2024 •

Jana M. Perkins

2:41

September 2024

So much that we’re not able to see: An interview with Iris Jamahl Dunkle

In this podcast author interview, Iris Jamahl Dunkle discusses her writing career, literary mentors, and new biography, Riding Like the Wind: The Life…

Sep 18, 2024 •

Jana M. Perkins

54:24

November 2023

We’ll see you again soon.

In this Season One roundup, we explore our interviews with 9 critically acclaimed women on their creative journeys and paths to professional success.

Nov 28, 2023 •

Jana M. Perkins

Humming, crackling, and expanding: An interview with Frances Dickey

In this author interview, Frances Dickey discusses how she first discovered modern poetry, studying at Harvard with mentor Helen Vendler, and her work…

Nov 7, 2023 •

Jana M. Perkins

October 2023

A place in the larger world: An interview with Jenna Butler

In this author interview, CBC Canada Reads finalist Jenna Butler discusses how teaching influences her writing, her environmental humanities work, and…

Oct 17, 2023 •

Jana M. Perkins

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