NEW CONVERSATION W/ TRACI CHEE
Traci Chee is a best-selling and award-winning author of books for young people, including the instant New York Times best-seller The Reader, Printz Honor Book and National Book Award Finalist We Are Not Free, and National Book Award Longlisted A Thousand Steps into Night. Her latest title is Kindling, a YA fantasy reimagining of Seven Samurai, which was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. She is currently on faculty at the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Nevada, Reno, and lives in California with her dog.
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CLAIRE STANFORD
Claire Stanford is the author of the novel Happy for You (Viking, 2022), which was named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and awarded the 2023 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in Black Warrior Review, The Rumpus, Third Coast, Redivider, and Tin House Flash Fridays, among other publications; her nonfiction has appeared in Lit Hub, Electric Lit, The Millions, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The American Scholar.
NEW CONVERSATION W/ Krista Diamond
Krista Diamond is a Las Vegas based writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, The Paris Review, Cosmopolitan, Slate, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her debut novel Close Relationships with Strangers is out now from Simon & Schuster.Â
NEW CONVERSATION W/ BROOKE GROVE
Brooke Grove is a Near-Death Experiencer, multidisciplinary healer, author, speaker, artist, and mother whose work bridges psychology, trauma recovery, spirituality, creativity, and consciousness. Brooke holds advanced degrees in Clinical Psychology, Marital and Family Therapy, and Clinical Art Therapy, complemented by extensive postgraduate training in evidence-informed and integrative healing modalities. Recognized globally within the near-death experience community, she is a recurring speaker for the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) conferences and Portal to Ascension, and has been featured on numerous podcasts, documentaries, and television programs. Her book, The Beauty In The Broken Glass: Memoirs of Trauma and Transcendence debuted in July 29, 2026.
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