Anthony Arnove is the editor of several books, including Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which he co-edited with historian Howard Zinn, and Voices of a People's History of the United States in the 21st Century, which he co-edited with Haley Pessin. Arnove also was a founder of Haymarket Books - which publishes work from writers like Angela Davis, Rebecca Solnit, and 2022 St. Louis Literary Award Recipient Arundathi Roy. In this CraftTalk, hosts Ted Ibur & Kate Essig talked with Arnove about the art of publishing, his work with Howard Zinn, and how to write fearlessly against injustice by finding your collective.

Donna Murch is an associate professor at Rutgers University and the author of “Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives." Her work has appeared in the Guardian, The Nation, The New Republic, and Jacobin – among others. In this Craft Talk, Murch spoke with hosts Ted Ibur & Kate Essig about writing from oral history and the archive, how she writes about the past in order to understand the present, how listening to music helps her hear history in a new way, and how her book “Assata Taught Me” came to be.

Amitava Kumar is the author of several books of nonfiction and four novels, and his work has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, Harper’s and many other publications. He’s been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship, and his novel Immigrant, Montana was named as one of President Obama’s favorite books of 2018. In this CraftTalk, hosts Kate Essig & Ted Ibur talk to Kumar about what it looks like to write with intention – and we caught up with him about his new novel “My Beloved Life.”