Discussing the book "The Unquiet Earth: A Novel" (published by Norton) with the author Denise Giardina.

Barbara Kingsolver reads from and discusses her book, "Animal Dreams: A Novel." The main character, Codi, has returned to Grace, Arizona, to help her father, Doc Homer, with his bout of Alzheimer's. Kingsolver explained that the novel not only has flashbacks but that it's really about people's memories.

Living in the past and the present, Native American Indians and Catholicism are all parts of Louis Erdrich's book, "Tracks: A Novel." Both Michael Dorris and Erdrich have Native American Indian backgrounds. The husband and wife team also talk about how they take long walks with one another and discuss with each the ideas of future books and the books' characters.

Adria Bernardi discusses her book "Houses With Names: The Italian Immigrants of Highwood, Illinois" which contains oral histories of Italian immigrants who lived in Highwood, Illinois, and other suburban areas.

A 1976 interview with the feminist novelist and poet is rebroadcast after her passing in 1995.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations