There is power in speaking your mind, sharing your story, and using your voice. Audre Lorde and her works embody this power, and showcase what can be done when we use our voices for change. As a writer and civil rights activist, Lorde's words are often infused with a strong sense of justice, with an eye toward social change.

When the acclaimed memoirist traded sex for solitude, she found the surprising joys and feminist roots of “The Dry Season.”

“It was like running face-first into a brick wall. And I was in the middle of it before I really looked up and went, What is happening?”

From groundbreaking well-being to fiction that gets real about "the change," these listens are unabashedly starting the conversation.

The trans icon talks about resolving her quarter-life crisis, exploring an edgier version of herself, what she learned from Beergate, and what she’s excited to do next.

The icon discusses her new book, her new business, her new outlook on life—and how being a work in progress is far more fun than thinking you’ve got it all figured out.

The bestselling inspirational author explains how to break free of external validation.

Author Xiran Jay Zhao proves yet again that her brand of science fiction is worth tuning in to.

Helen Phillips’s gripping novel explores a world of invasive advertising, robots, and climate change that feels frighteningly plausible.

Drawing from a love of obituaries, mysteries, and cats, Chu takes listeners on a roller-coaster journey through intrigue, humor, and unexpected romance.

Screenwriter Yulin Kuang’s debut novel embraces the messiness of real-life relationships in a uniquely heart-wrenching enemies-to-lovers storyline.