Writers, poetry, books and literary thought.
The life, poetry and novels of Manuel Scorza, author of Drums for Rancas and chronicler of Peruvian peasant struggles against dispossession.
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The life, major novels and legacy of Fyodor Dostoevsky, the Russian writer who transformed moral conflict and psychological contradiction into modern fiction.
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The life, ideas and major works of Albert Camus, the Algerian-born French writer whose lucid humanism earned the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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The life, songs and legacy of Lou Reed, founder of The Velvet Underground and a decisive voice in punk, alternative rock and urban songwriting.
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The life, songs and legacy of Agustín Lara, the Mexican pianist and composer who gave the bolero an enduring language of romance, memory and dramatic confession.
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The life, stories and legacy of Alice Munro, the Canadian Nobel laureate who revealed entire lives through compressed narratives of memory, choice and time.
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The life, books and legacy of Mario Benedetti, the Uruguayan writer who brought poetry, fiction and political memory into close conversation with millions of readers.
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The life, books and legacy of Eduardo Galeano, the Uruguayan writer who joined journalism, history, oral memory and poetry to narrate Latin America.
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The life, writing and legacy of Álvaro Mutis, the Colombian poet and Cervantes Prize-winning novelist who created the wandering lookout Maqroll.
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