Archive for November, 2007

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 [...]

Writer’s Voice Listener Web Quiz

November 9th, 2007

QUESTION: Writer’s Voice interviewed Alana Newhouse about A LIVING LENS: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward. Newhouse mentioned a letter that was given to Edward Jacobsen. Who was the letter from? The first listener who sends in the correct answer to our email address will be the lucky winner of the [...]

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.