We talk with poet Al Young and photographer Charles L. Robinson about their book and CD set, JAZZ IDIOM: Blueprints, Stills and Frames. And Eugene Jarecki tells us about THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR.
Archive for 2008
Paul Fisher’s HOUSE OF WITS and Shakespeare Fans in the Inner City
December 11th, 2008
Paul Fisher tells us about the James Family: the writer Henry James, the philosopher and psychologist William James, and the lesser known but influential sister, feminist Alice James. His book is HOUSE OF WITS: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family.
H.G. Adler’s THE JOURNEY, Eating Tips for the Holidays, and a Thanksgiving story
December 2nd, 2008
Peter Filkins talks about THE JOURNEY, a lost masterpiece of Holocaust literature by acclaimed author and survivor H. G. Adler which Filkins translated. Food psychologist Brian Wansink gives us tips on how to keep the pounds off during the Holiday season. And finally, Native American storyteller Marge Bruchac tells us what really happened during the first Thanksgiving.
Joan Wickersham, THE SUICIDE INDEX and Jennet Conant, THE IRREGULARS
November 17th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with writer Joan Wickersham about her powerful new memoir, . Also, we talk with Jennet Conant about .
Peter Manseau, SONGS FOR THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER and E.H. Winthrop, DECEMBER
November 9th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks to Peter Manseau about his novel SONGS FOR THE BUTCHERS DAUGHTER and to Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop about her new novel, DECEMBER.
Alan Kronzek, SORCERER’S COMPANION and Studs Terkel Remembered
November 4th, 2008
Francesca interviews Allan Kronzek about most popular lexicon of the lore that underlies the Harry Potter series, The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter. Also, we remember Studs Terkel, who died October 31, 2008 at the age of 96.
Terry Tempest Williams, MOSAIC
October 25th, 2008
In Part One of this week’s show, we talk with writer and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams about her new book, Finding Beauty in a Broken World. (Part Two, David Danelo talking about THE BORDER: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide, will appear as a separate podcast.)
Comix as Art and Politics: Art Spiegelman and Greg Palast
October 20th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon interviews comix master Art Spiegelman. Also, investigative journalist Greg Palast talks about the comic book he produced with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., STEAL BACK YOUR VOTE!.
DISPATCHES FROM THE RELIGIOUS LEFT
October 14th, 2008
We talk with Fred Clarkson, co-founder of Talk2Action, about the book he just edited: Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America. We also talk with Chip Berlet about the essay he contributed to the book. And contributor and organizer Leo Maley tells us about how the religious Left organized [...]
Ron Suskind, THE WAY OF THE WORLD and ELIZABETH WINTHROP, COUNTING ON GRACE
October 4th, 2008
Francesca talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind about . Also, Elizabeth Winthrop on , the story of an 11-year old girl working in the textile mills of Vermont at the turn of the twentieth century.
Web Extra: Elizabeth Winthrop’s Discovery of Addie Card
October 4th, 2008
Elizabeth Winthrop paints a vivid portrait of the plight of child laborers in the New England textile mills in the early 1900′s. She bases her main character, Grace, on the photograph by Lewis Hine of a young girl posed in front of her machine. While writing the book, Winthrop went in search of the real [...]
David Cay Johnston, FREE LUNCH
September 26th, 2008
Francesca interviews reporter David Cay Johnston about his investigation into how government policy is rigged to enrich the super wealthy. And Francine Prose talks about GOLDENGROVE, her new coming-of-age novel.
Listen to WV with iTunes
Get the podcast using email
Listen to WV with any podcast program
Follow WV on Twitter
