In this special episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, National Humanities Medal recipient, and New York University history professor emeritus David Levering Lewis discusses his latest book—a sweeping exploration of his own family history. The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story: 1790-1958 was published by Penguin Random House in February 2025. Lewis received Pulitzers for his W. E. B. Du Bois biographies, and his extraordinary body of work, including 11 books, has been supported by fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the National Humanities Center, the Wilson Center, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the American Philosophical Society. In 1999, Lewis was awarded a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant. David Levering Lewis was interviewed by fellow biographer and BIO member John A. (Jack) Farrell.