Margaret "Peggy" Konert talks with Kyle Kellams about "The Holy Ghost and a Shine of Coal," her novel about a 9-year-old girl in Paris, Arkansas, as the coal industry fades after World War II.

Northwest Arkansas artist Zeke Peña talks about winning a Caldecott Honor for his book Sundust his childhood love of comics and illustrating Hold.

Food historian Kat Robinson talks with Becca Martin-Brown about her 14th book, a 50-recipe guide to Arkansas's iconic dishes, from chocolate gravy to poke sallat.

Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson discuss their documentary "Rebel with a Clause," which follows Jovin's pop-up grammar table across all 50 states. It screens Saturday at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Authors Susan Park Spencer and J.B. Hogan discuss their new book on forgotten Washington County stories, from an enslaved woman's claim to Civil War bushwhackers and a 1950s drive-in

Glenn Siegel discusses his book on an unexpected, mystical bond with lichen and the grief and healing it unearthed, ahead of a July 2 reading at Pearl's Books.

CJ Leede discusses her new Colorado-set horror novel Headlights, writing on the road, music playlists and the terrifying details that anchor her fiction in the real world.

Nigerian-born author Uchenna Awoke discusses "A Siege of Owls," blending folklore and magical realism with the real violence of rural Nigeria.

Princeton music professor Elizabeth Margulis, a former UofA faculty member, discusses her new book "Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams" with Kyle Kellams.

Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR's TED Radio Hour, discusses her new book "Body Electric" and the science behind why screens drain us — and how 5 minutes of movement can help.