Literature

Literature serves as a gateway to understanding the lives of people across the globe. However, repressive governments may censor or suppress written works, putting writers at risk. Sarwerasa Rafizada is a Scholar at Risk dedicated to pushing past the Taliban regime and promoting international recognition of Afghan women and their literary contributions.

On today's show, we hear how the University of Arkansas School of Social Work and the Fayetteville Police Department have paired up to handle mental health crises more effectively. Also, learning from a scholar at risk who works to promote the literature of women writers from Afghanistan. Plus, we have more about a report that states workers in Arkansas were owed more than $1.5 million in back wages from employers.

The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs has been an ideal location for writers for more than 20 years. But the colony is extending beyond the walls of the establishment. There is a literary magazine, eMerge, and a series of public readings...including one Tuesday Dec.13 at Brew's in Eureka.

TheatreSquared is staging "A Christmas Carol," and we asked the actor portraying Scrooge, James Taylor Odom, how he digs into the character.

Steve Wiegenstein's collection of short stories, Scattered Lights, is one of the five finalists for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award. His stories are set in…

In The Hate U Give, author Angie Thomas explores the life of Starr Carter, a 16-year-old living a dual life with her home in the majority-black…

This year's selection for the One Book, One Community initiative is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Thomas was in Fayetteville this week for several…

Jared Phillips, a professor of international studies at the University of Arkansas, has researched the "back to the land" movement of the 1960s and those…

The new book The Literature of the Ozarks, published by the University of Arkansas Press, collects two centuries of writings from the Ozarks. We speak…

Young adult author Lois Lowry has a knack for accessing the perspective of a teen and writer Zadie Smith tells us that she's obsessed with the idea of…