Lannan Foundation

Diana Nguyen speaks Michael Stangl — a graduate student who's been studying the mountain lions of West Texas with the Borderlands Research Institute. They talk about the takeaways from their research on the mysterious creatures.Later on the show, poet Sally Wen Mao discusses “Oculus,” a collection of poetry that re-imagines the flattened narratives of women of color. Mao looks at the roles and representations that Asian women endure in a society that continually objectifies them.

For the rest of December, we’ll be revisiting our favorite interviews and stories from the past year on West Texas Talk. In September, Rachel Monroe spoke…

On this episode of West Texas Talk, Elise Pepple sits down with critical race theorist Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw. They unpack a term Crenshaw coined in 1989…

On this episode, Travis Klunick speaks to Lannan resident Ed Pavlić about his forthcoming novel, Another Kind of Madness. Pavlić has written eight…

On this episode, Sally Beauvais speaks with writer Elmaz Abinader about her family's dislocation from Lebanon to the United States, and how that has…

In this interview, Jana La Brasca speaks to writer Lesley Stern about her background and work. Stern was born and raised in Zimbabwe, and currently…

On this episode of "West Texas Talk," Elise Pepple sits down with Lannan Resident Ladan Osman to talk about familial influence and heritage in her…

On this episode of West Texas Talk, Elise sits down with author and Lannan Fellow Emily Raboteau. Raboteau is the author of a novel, The Professor’s…

Rachel Monroe speaks to Chad Post, a current Lannan Resident. He is a publisher at Open Letter Books based at Rochester University, which is committed to…

Tim Johnson talks to Randall Kenan, a Lannan resident known for several fiction and non-fiction works. In this interview, they discuss the writer's recent…