Each month, we gather a group of writers, artists, and politicians together to talk about an issue of political, social, or cultural importance. These are not readings, but passionate conversations that will include the audience. This month The Conversation's theme is Being American. This edition will feature the novelists Boris Fishman and Cristina Henriquez, the poet Erika L. Sanchez, and the artist Riva Lehrer; Zoe Zolbrod, a fiction writer and memoirist, will moderate.