Curtis Sittenfeld
In bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld’s much-loved new novel, she explores—with her typically keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page—the neurosis-inducing...
17 Maj 202420min
Javier Zamora in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
In this episode of Beyond the Page, recorded live at the 2023 conference, poet and memoirist Javier Zamora talks to legendary bookseller Mitchell Kaplan about his memoir Solito, which chronicles his e...
24 Feb 202422min
Swamp Story: Dave Barry's Florida
Recorded at the closing of the 2023 Sun Valley Writers' Conference, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor writer (and one of the funniest people alive) Dave Barry talks about his latest novel Swamp Story, usin...
18 Jan 202434min
Andrea Elliott in conversation with Ayad Akhtar
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Andrea Elliot sits down with another Pulitzer winner, novelist and playwright Ayad Akhtar, at the 2023 Writers’ Conference to talk about Elliot’s book,...
15 Dec 202342min
Abraham Verghese: Writer in the World
On this episode, author and physician Abraham Verghese – who received the 2023 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference WRITER IN THE WORLD prize – brings us intimately and poetically into the heart of his rema...
9 Nov 202328min
Will Democracy Survive?
In this episode, three of our most cogent and influential writers on global affairs and history – Anne Applebaum, Robert Kagan, and Evan Osnos – discuss the geopolitical ramifications of Russia’s 2022...
27 Sep 202341min
Endangered Species: Tad Friend and the Art of Long-Form Journalism
Beyond the Page host John Burnham Schwartz talks with New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend, a longtime contributor to the magazine’s Letter from California and the author of two funny, poignant family m...
1 Sep 202330min
From Streaming Wars to Star Wars with Erich Schwartzel
In this episode of Beyond the Page, SVWC Literary Director John Burnham Schwartz and writer Eric Schwartzel go Hollywood. Schwartzel covers the film industry in The Wall Street Journal's Los Angeles b...
26 Maj 202334min
