Richard Powers’s novel Bewilderment is — despite its portrayal of a mother and son who are capable of ecstatic connection with the natural world — one of the most depressing books I’ve read in a while ...

Climate change, new planets, grief, mental health - these are only some of the themes that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers explores in his new novel "Bewilderment." The tale centers ...

In “The Overstory,” novelist Richard Powers told an engrossing, multigenerational tale of the relationship between humans and trees. The latter protects the former, but only a few of the former ...

Richard Powers discusses his latest novel, “Playground” with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studios October 31, 2024. Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize i 2019 for “The Overstory,” and ...

This week we are featuring a conversation from the 2024 Portland Book Festival. The incomparable Richard Powers came to Portland to discuss his new novel, “Playground,” with Literary Arts Executive ...