Lit Up

146 Episodes

1. Liz Plosser on mornings, routines, and working from home.

   Published: 9/14/2021
2. Parker Posey on her friendship with Nora Ephron, acting with integrity and the past lives of dogs.

   Published: 8/31/2021
3. Min Jin Lee on the history of Korean families in Japan (from 2017).

   Published: 8/24/2021
4. Katie Kitamura on the charismatic nature of power and her new novel, Intimacies.

   Published: 8/17/2021
5. Meredith Westgate on guarding what we share with those we love, and her new book The Shimmering State.

   Published: 8/10/2021
6. Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi on how history lives in our bodies and the joy of riding horses.

   Published: 8/3/2021
7. Stephanie Danler on confronting the past and the value of gentleness.

   Published: 7/27/2021
8. Raven Leilani on art & failure, writing to her past self, and Six Flags.

   Published: 7/20/2021
9. Lisa Taddeo on obsessions with mothers and the wisdom of French Actresses

   Published: 7/13/2021
10. Laura Dave on finding out who someone really is and different ways to be a mother.

    Published: 6/29/2021
11. Gabriela Garcia on Cuba, mothers and daughters, and the link between cigars and literature.

    Published: 6/22/2021
12. Trent Preszler on the healing power of building a boat with your hands.

    Published: 6/15/2021
13. Hala Alyan on family secrets and the charged history of the Middle East.

    Published: 6/8/2021
14. Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery in America

    Published: 6/1/2021
15. Lauren Oyler on who we are on the internet.

    Published: 5/25/2021
16. Te-Ping Chen on funeral strippers, and her collection of short stories, Land of Big Numbers.

    Published: 5/18/2021
17. Nadia Owusu on the healing power of a rocking chair and her new memoir, Aftershocks.

    Published: 5/11/2021
18. Elizabeth Gilbert on why being honest is better than being good, and her novel CITY OF GIRLS. (From the Archive)

    Published: 5/4/2021
19. Jess Walter on the ‘She-Dog of Anarchy’ Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and his new novel The Cold Millions.

    Published: 4/27/2021
20. Jen Silverman on the art of the post-scandal comeback and her novel, We Play Ourselves.

    Published: 3/31/2021