"I think that in writing, we do try to fix moments so that somehow they're captured." Elizabeth Alexander speaks with PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown about the loss of her husband and her experiences in writing her new memoir, The Light of the World (Grand Central Publishing, 2015).

Kevin Coval and Nate Marshall, editors of the poetry anthology The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (Haymarket Books, 2015), speak about the impact hip-hop has had on poetry and on their own writing.

"The whole thing surprised me." Philip Glass reflects on his career and the people who have influenced his life while discussing his new memoir, Words Without Music (Liveright, 2015), in this recent installment of the Talks at Google series.

Brett Fletcher Lauer and Lynn Melnick, editors of the poetry anthology, Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation (Viking, 2015), introduce poets from the collection at a reading at the Strand Book Store in New York City.

"Sometimes it's important for us to journal, or to create, or give voice to the things that we're even afraid to think about." Sandra Cisneros, author of the new memoir, A House of My Own: Stories From My Life (Knopf, 2015), talks about the transformative power of creative expression.

"The act of writing, when it goes well, gives me a pleasure, a joy, unlike any other." Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, whose latest book, On the Move: A Life, was published by Knopf in April, speaks about being a storyteller and what writing has meant to his life. Sacks passed away on August 30 at the age of eighty-two.

"What I love about memoir is that solitary voice trying to learn how to be a human being." Mary Karr, whose forthcoming book, The Art of Memoir (Harper, 2015), is featured in The Time Is Now in the current issue of Poets & Writers Magazine, comments on the power of the memoir form with the help of some well-known writers.

The bestselling author speaks with PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown about bird-watching, debates, and his latest novel, Purity (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015), which is featured in Page One in the current issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

"When the woman brought the bill, Mom smiled at her and said thank you, which was a lie, because Mom hates when people bring her the bill." Jesse Eisenberg reads from his debut story collection, Bream Gives Me Hiccups, which was released today by Grove Press.

"There is an effort in this book for the Indian novel in English to be more aware of its literary origins." Aatish Taseer discusses his latest novel, The Way Things Were, which was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in July.