The Archive Project

Dec 08 2024 30 ep. 62 mins 709
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In partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting, Literary Arts is building a retrospective of some of the most engaging talks from the world’s best writers over the first 30 years of Portland Arts & Lectures in Portland. In conjunction with our 30th anniversary, Literary Arts is rolling out an archive of the most sought-after talks from our lecture series. Each month, we’ll be publishing new lectures available for streaming on this website for free. With over 250 original lectures by the most creative and articulate minds of our generation, these discussions offer special moments between world-famous authors and our local literary community.

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2024 Portland Book Festival

Dec 08 2024 57 mins  
Update your TBR list: 2024 Portland Book Festival authors recommend some of their favorite writers and titles featured at the event.

Madeline Miller, in conversation with Omar El Akkad (Rebroadcast)

Dec 01 2024 55 mins  
Novelist Madeline Miller speaks about Greek myths and how she approaches her retellings in this 2021 talk and interview with Omar El Akkad.

Phil Knight (REBROADCAST)

Nov 24 2024 75 mins  
In this episode of The Archive Project, we revist a rare public appearance for the release of his 2016 memoir, Shoe Dog, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the story of the man behind the swoosh.

Amy Tan (REBROADCAST)

Nov 17 2024 54 mins  
Novelist Amy Tan talks about her life and early writing career, including writing The Joy Luck Club, in this lecture from 1991.

Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation

Nov 11 2024 77 mins  
This episode features Malcolm Gladwell in conversation about his newest book, Revenge of The Tipping Point. He spoke with Literary Arts executive director Andrew Proctor in front of a live audience in downtown Portland in October 2024.

Renée Watson, I See My Light Shining

Nov 03 2024 51 mins  
This episode features acclaimed writer Renée Watson speaking at the World Stage Theater as part of the “I See My Light Shining” event in June 2024

Erica Berry & Sabrina Imbler (REBROADCAST)

Oct 27 2024 59 mins  
From the 2023 Portland Book Festival on the relationships between humans and animals, and on our ideas about the meaning of animals. 

The Future: Naomi Alderman (REBROADCAST)

Oct 21 2024 57 mins  
Naomi Alderman discusses her novel The Future, about friends who plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech billionaires threatening it.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, in conversation with Tommy Orange (REBROADCAST)

Oct 13 2024 57 mins  
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his family, the American Dream, and his memoir, A Man of Two Faces, in this conversation with Tommy Orange.

Tom Spanbauer

Oct 06 2024 54 mins  
This episode is a celebration of the life of writer and teacher Tom Spanbauer, who passed away on September 21, 2024.