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Jennifer Egan talks about her latest novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad . It touches on how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, and lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and chronicles how and why we change, even as the song stays the same. 

Lydia Davis discusses her latest collection, The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis.

Miguel Syjuco talks about his award-winning novel Ilustrado.

Pushcart Prize nominee Maaza Mengiste discusses her debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze.

Finnish-Estonian novelist and playwright Sofi Oksanen discusses her novel Purge, an international bestseller that has won Finland’s most prestigious literary awards.

Heidi Durrow discusses her debut novel, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky.

Pulitzer Prize–winner Jane Smiley discusses her latest novel.

Isabel Allende talks about her latest novel, Island Beneath the Sea. Spanning four decades, it tells the story of the intertwined lives of Tété, a slave born on the island of Saint-Domingue, and plantation manager Toulouse Valmorain.

Event: Isabel Allende will be reading and signing books
Monday, May ...

Jamaica Kincaid's coming-of-age novel Annie John received this year's Clifton Fadiman Medal from the Center for Fiction. Listen to Kincaid and novelist Jane Smiley talk about the book here.