We talk about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist, master magician — and possibly international spy — with Larry Sloman, co-author with William Kalush of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero. Also, we hear a story about New Year’s, read by host and author, Francesca Rheannon.
Archive for 2007
Frances Moore Lappe on GETTING A GRIP and more…
December 25th, 2007
Ever since her ground-breaking book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, Frances Moore Lappé has been showing how each of us can change the world for the better. We talk to her about her latest, GETTING A GRIP: Clarity, Creativity & Courage in a World Gone Mad. Also, we play a clip from a Writer’s Voice [...]
George Monbiot on HEAT: How to Stop the Planet from Burning
December 11th, 2007
British environmental journalist George Monbiot talks about global warming and what can be done about it. His book is HEAT: How to Stop the Planet from Burning.
Dennis Lehane, CORONADO and Julia Glass, THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
December 4th, 2007
Bestselling authors Dennis Lehane (MYSTIC RIVER, CORONADO) and Julia Glass (THREE JUNES, THE WHOLE WORLD OVER) talk to us about writing and their work.
Xiaoulu Guo, CONCISE ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS and more…
November 25th, 2007
Chinese born author Xiaolu Guo, A CONCISE CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS. Also, native American storyteller Marge Bruchac on the real story of Thanksgiving.
Dahr Jamail, BEYOND THE GREEN ZONE
November 19th, 2007
Dahr Jamail, BEYOND THE GREEN ZONE: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq. Dahr Jamail was perhaps the only American journalist to remain unembedded long after other reporters holed up in the Green Zone. In BEYOND THE GREEN ZONE he exposes the impact of the war and US occupation on the lives of ordinary [...]
Jewish Book Fair Authors
November 10th, 2007
We talk about to two writers featured at the 2007 Springfield Jewish Book Fair: David M. Gross, author of FAST COMPANY: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Motorcycles in Italy and Alana Newhouse on A LIVING LENS: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward. Supported by a grant from the Jewish Arts [...]
Alan Weisman & Katharine Weber
November 7th, 2007
Alan Weisman talks about his acclaimed book THE WORLD WITHOUT US. Also, Katharine Weber tells us about her novel, TRIANGLE. Katharine Weber was a featured author at the 2007 Springfield (Massachusetts) Jewish Book Fair. Thanks to the Harold Grinspoon Foundation for supporting our series of authors featured at the 2007 Jewish Book Fair.
Leonard Nimoy’s THE FULL BODY PROJECT
October 29th, 2007
Leonard Nimoy talks to us about his new book, THE FULL BODY PROJECT, as well as photography, acting, and being (and not being) Mr. Spock. Also, we talk with Leslea Newman and Susan Stinson about body image and the Full Body Project.
Francisco Goldman and Lynn Thompson
October 24th, 2007
We talk with novelist and journalist Francisco Goldman about his acclaimed non-fiction book, THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER: WHO KILLED THE BISHOP. And poet Lynn Thompson reads from BEG NO PARDON, which won this year’s Perugia Press Award.
Dr. Bruce Levine and George Monbiot
October 24th, 2007
Clinical psychologist Bruce E. Levine joins us to talk about his book, SURVIVING AMERICA’S DEPRESSION EPIDEMIC: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy. Also, a preview of a conversation with George Monbiot we’ll be airing later in the season about his book, HEAT: How to Stop the Planet from Burning.
The Annual WMUA Fund Drive: Great Books as Premiums!
October 24th, 2007
The WUMA Fund Drive is on from October 27 through November 2. WMUA will be accepting donations and giving away fantastic gifts in appreciation of your support. Help support your favorite independent radio station during WMUA’s annual Fund Drive. To pledge your support during the fund drive please call 413-577-3000. We’d love Writer’s Voice listeners [...]
Wrestling With Angels, Clayton
October 9th, 2007
We have an in-depth conversation with author John J. Clayton about his wonderful short story collection, WRESTLING WITH ANGELS: New and Collected Stories and he reads from several of his favorite stories in the book. It deals with universal themes of loss and spiritual redemption, acceptance, fading ideals, as well as with contemporary struggles of [...]
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