Past Programs

Online Author Talks From Past My America Programs

The videos below allow you to explore the past author talks in the Jeanne M. and John W. Rowe My America program series. Writers include those featured in the exhibit, and other immigrant and refugee writers. Check back to this page and subscribe to the American Writers Museum YouTube for the latest program videos. To see upcoming programs, visit the Program Calendar page.

A conversation with Elly Fishman, author of "Refugee High"

A conversation with Rebecca Deng, author of "What They Meant for Evil"

A conversation with poets Rigoberto González and Johanny Vázquez Paz

A conversation with Claudio Lomnitz, author of "Nuestra América"

A conversation with Lilliam Rivera, author of "Never Look Back"

Irish-American Writers Alice McDermott, Joseph O'Neill & Ambassador Daniel Mulhall

A conversation with Juan Felipe Herrera, author of "Every Day We Get More Illegal"

A conversation with Jacob Soboroff, author of "Separated: Inside an American Tragedy"

A conversation with Adrianna Cuevas, author of "The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez"

Juan Martinez joins the Chicago Council of the AWM Book Club

A conversation with Aaron Bobrow-Strain, author of "The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez"

A conversation with David Treuer, author of "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee"

A conversation with Isabel Ibañez, author of "Woven in Moonlight"

A conversation with Julissa Arce, author of "Someone Like Me"

A conversation with Laila Lalami, author of "Conditional Citizens"

A conversation with June Hur, author of "The Silence of Bones"

A conversation with Ngozi Ukazu, author of "Check, Please!"

A conversation with Sahar Mustafah, author of "The Beauty of Your Face"

A conversation with Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and T Kira Madden

A conversation with Aarti Shahani, author of "Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares"