Longtime friend and editor of Bookworm, Alan Howard, returns to host this episode, the last of 10 shows to journey... more

Close friend of Michael Silverblatt’s and Bookworm editor for 30 years, Alan Howard guest hosts this episode on grief and... more

Poet, author, and co-founder of The Song Cave, Alan Felsenthal guest hosts this episode’s focus on poetry. As a close friend... more

Prolific author Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, co-founder of 826 National, and other significant projects, first met Micheal Silverblatt in 2000,... more

Prolific author Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, co-founder of 826 National, and other significant projects, first met Micheal Silverblatt in 2000,... more

Claudia Rankine, award-winning poet and author of Citizen: An American Lyric, a book-length poem about the pernicious racism of American daily... more

Guest host Mary Corey, teacher of American history at UCLA and author of "The World Through a Monocle" about The... more

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has, in... more

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has, in... more

This episode takes us through the arc of Bookworm’s existence: Michael started the program with worries about the future of... more