Storytelling

With this deeply engaging audio essay, editor Rachel Smalter Hall explores the lure of the iconic Ann M. Martin series and babysitting in general.

College student and Audible scholar Ama Hagan confronts a controversial work about Africa and its deep impact on her.

The Iliad and Odyssey were not exactly “written" — they changed shape throughout their long years of being performed for audiences. So is it even possible to really know them today?

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Editor Katie O'Connor shares some of the easiest ways to get into the iconic series that's now in audio.

Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong expounds on the complex themes of his deeply moving novel, ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’, touching on masculine identity, concepts of family, drug use, and more.

Queer stories go far beyond the often expected coming-out or trauma tales. Audible editor Michael Collina shares a few that have resonated with him on his journey.

Journalist and comic book writer Evan Narcisse ('Rise of the Black Panther') explores how one of Stan Lee’s last projects carries the themes and humanity of the works that made the late icon so beloved.

For editor Aaron Schwartz, wanting to listen to more adoption narratives or make literary connections to his birth family was a search for community that never negated his joy with the life and family he gained.

The author of the most talked-about short story of 2018 discusses the furor that surrounded it and all she’s learned leading into the narration of her new collection, ‘You Know You Want This.’

Back with her follow-up to "The Hate U Give," Angie Thomas talks with editor Katie O’Connor about how perfectly narrator Bahni Turpin embodies her work and how important the power of the voice is, especially in her latest novel.

The prolific author of the book that eventually lead to one of the season's most viral memes, spoke with editor Abby West about having his debut work take off and land in the zeitgeist so many years after he wrote it.