KWLS stands for Key West Literary Society: an organisation which aims to promote the understanding and discussion of important literary works and their authors and to recognise and support new voices in American literature. Both strands of this mission are reflected in the content of the site’s podcasts, which feature a selection of presentations, lectures and interviews with well-known authors at the Society’s seminars and workshops. Contemporary writers such as Geoff Dyer, John Banville, Joyce Carol Oates, Siri Hustvedt and Paul Muldoon, are among the participants.