Playwrights Lydia R. Diamond, David Henry Hwang and Suzan-Lori Parks discuss their work, their influences, and how they write.

Discussed: American Theatre Wing's The Playwright's Voice.

Graphic designer Irma Boom on her love of conceptualising, designing, and creating (collector item) books.

Discussed: Dutch Profiles's Irma Boom.

Founding Editor of Ploughshares Literary Journal, DeWitt Henry, discusses the importance of literature in today's culture.

Discussed: DeWitt Henry's Reasons why literature is important.

Anne Enright, who just published The Forgotten Waltz (W. W. Norton), on why writing is a solution for her, and not a problem.

Discussed: Anne Enright's On why I write.

An incredibly interesting discussion on the role, function, and purpose of "[p]hysical, symbolic, and metaphorical spaces" in Shakespeare's work.

Discussed: ASU's Shakespeare's Places.