The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
Episodes
Marina Carr on Virginia Woolf's TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Winter comes once again to an end, or something close to it — and so too does our winter mini-series, with Marina Carr (recipient of a 2017 Windham-...
Michael R. Jackson on Sam Greenlee's THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The winter mini-season rolls on with Michael R. Jackson, recipient of a 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama, talking to prize director Michael Kelle...
Adina Hoffman on Georges Perec's AN ATTEMPT AT EXHAUSTING A PLACE IN PARIS
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our winter season continues with Adina Hoffman (recipient of a 2013 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction) chatting with Michael Kelleher about George...
Geoff Dyer on Xiaolu Guo's A CONCISE CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off our Winter Mini-season for 2026, Geoff Dyer (recipient of a 2015 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction) joins Prize Director Michael Kelle...
Anne Enright on J.G. Farrell's TROUBLES
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the 2025 season, Mike talks with 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction recipient Anne Enright about J.G. Farrell's 1970 nove...
Rana Dasgupta on Giuseppe di Lampedusa's THE LEOPARD
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike talks with Rana Dasgupta, recipient of a 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize in Nonfiction, about the pleasures of the 1958 novel The Leopard as well as ...
Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's AN INTERESTING DETAIL
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Vahni Capildeo was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and lives in the UK. One finds a sacred wonder and delight in language in every poem in ea...
Roy Williams on Dael Orlandersmith's YELLOWMAN
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prize Director Michael Kelleher talks to 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama recipient Roy Williams about Dael Orlandersmith's 2002 play Yellowman. ...
Patricia Williams on Martha S. Jones's THE TROUBLE OF COLOR
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia J. Williams was born in Boston, Massachusetts. A longtime former “Diary of a Mad Law Professor” columnist for The Nation, Williams is als...
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini on Bola Agbaje's GONE TOO FAR!
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini is the author of Muscovado, Little Miss Burden, and the Olivier-award-winning Sleepova. Ibini is the recipient of the Inevi...
Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike sits with Sigrid Nunez, recipient of a 2025 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction, to discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and whether or ...
Tongo Eisen-Martin on Ayi Kwei Armah's THE HEALERS
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off the new season of The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast, host and prize director Michael Kelleher is joined by Tongo Eisen-Martin, recipient...
Helen Garner on Henry Green's PARTY GOING
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of the 2025 Winter Season, Mike talks with Helen Green, winner of a 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-fiction, about Henry Gre...
Dionne Brand on José Saramago's SEEING
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike chats with Dionne Brand, winner of a 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, about the timely power of José Saramago's Seeing. READING LIST: Se...
Olivia Laing on Charlotte Brontë's VILLETTE
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike chats with Olivia Laing, winner of a 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction, about the strange and confounding (and wonderful) pleasures of C...
André Alexis on Martha Baillie's THERE IS NO BLUE
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
André Alexis (winner of a 2017 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to kick off the 2025 winter season of the podcast with a vi...
Kathryn Scanlan on Joseph Mitchell's JOE GOULD'S SECRET
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn Scanlan (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction) talks with Prize Director Michael Kelleher about legendary New Yorker journalist...
m. nourbeSe philip on Kamau Brathwaite's BORN TO SLOW HORSES
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
m. nourbeSe philip (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Poetry) talks with Prize Director Michael Kelleher about Kamau Brathwaite's tremendous...
Sonya Kelly on Jean-Dominique Bauby's THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sonya Kelly (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Drama) joins Michael Kelleher to admire and contemplate Jeremy Leggatt's translation of Jean-...
Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard's PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Hadfield (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Poetry) joins Michael Kelleher to wade through Annie Dillard's dense yet rewarding classic, ...
Christina Sharpe on John Keene's COUNTERNARRATIVES
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Sharpe (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to rave about 2018 Fiction prize-winner John Keene's...
Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges's "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Chen (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Drama) joins Michael Kelleher to talk about the eternally fascinating Jorge Luis Borges ...
Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson's HOUSEKEEPING
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Madden (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to talk about Marilynne Robinson's classic novel Housekeep...
Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor's THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hanif Abdurraqib (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to discuss his love for Gloria Naylor's The Women of...
Tessa Hadley on Ivan Turgenev's FIRST LOVE
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa Hadley (winner of a 2016 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher for the final episode of this winter mini-season to talk abo...
John Keene on Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's THE MOST SECRET MEMORY OF MEN
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Keene (winner of a 2018 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction) talks with Prize Director Michael Kelleher about Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's 2021 Prix Gon...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Caryl Churchill's FAR AWAY
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (winner of a 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama) chats with Prize Director Michael Kelleher about British theater legend Car...
Yiyun Li on Georges Bernanos's MOUCHETTE
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yiyun Li (winner of a 2020 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction) chats with Prize Director Michael Kelleher about French Catholic monarchist author Geor...
Percival Everett on Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Percival Everett (winner of a 2023 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction) joins Windham-Campbell Prize administrator Michael Kelleher for the last interv...
Jasmine Lee-Jones on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jasmine Lee-Jones (winner of a 2023 Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama) joins Windham-Campbell Prize administrator Michael Kelleher for a wide-ranging c...
Susan Williams on Charles Dickens's Bleak House
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Williams (winner of a 2023 Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Windham-Campbell Prizes director Michael Kelleher to talk about the maj...
dg nanouk okpik on Layli Long Soldier's Whereas
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
dg nanouk okpik (winner of a 2023 Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry) joins Windham-Campbell Prizes director Michael Kelleher for a deep-dive into Layl...
Dominique Morisseau on Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dominique Morisseau joins Windham-Campbell Prizes director Michael Kelleher to talk about the still-resonant power of Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like C...
Ling Ma on Rachel Ingalls's Mrs. Caliban
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ling Ma joins Windham-Campbell Prizes director Michael Kelleher to talk about tuning into the same frequency as Rachel Ingalls, crying on airplanes, a...
Alexis Pauline Gumbs on Audre Lorde's The Black Unicorn
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alexis Pauline Gumbs joins Windham-Campbell Prizes director Michael Kelleher to talk about the beauty of Audre Lorde's poetry and why more people shou...
Darran Anderson on Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Darran Anderson is our first guest on the show and he joins Windham-Campbell Prizes Director Michael Kelleher to talk about the ever-shifting magic of...
Coming Soon
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Starting May 2, join us every other Tuesday for conversations with the recipients of the 2023 Windham-Campbell Prizes about their favorite books. Lear...