Turkish journalist and author Asli Perker shares a story she wrote for SongWriter about a terrible car accident, and how... more

Palestinian poet and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan shares her poem “Dear Gaza,” about guilt, memory, and hope. Scientist Dr. Salma... more

Poet and author Maggie Smith shares two poems about caregiving for young children, and the complicated calculus around exposing them... more

Filmmaker and author Naz Riahi tells a heartbreaking story she wrote for SongWriter about the loss of a beloved pet,... more

Filipinx American poet Ina Cariño shares a brand new “sonnet crown” poem that they wrote for SongWriter on the subject... more

Author Kate Cohen reads a piece she wrote for SongWriter about how – despite her firm atheism – the Jewish... more

Freddy Mutanguha, who is the CEO of the Aegis Trust – the organization that built the Kigali Genocide Memorial –... more

During a performance at KQED Live, comedian and filmmaker W. Kamau Bell tells a story about his father’s 80th birthday... more

Bestselling Cameroonian-American author Imbolo Mbue shares an excerpt she chose from How Beautiful We Were, about a village’s collective fight... more

At a live performance at Queens College, legendary author Joyce Carol Oates reads a piece about her beloved late husband... more