We talk with John Elder Robison about his wonderful memoir, LOOK ME IN THE EYE: My Life With Asperger’s. Click the following link to hear a Web-only clip from our interview with John Elder Robison: what he told his kid about who Santa Claus really is… And you can listen to the full interview here.
Archive for February, 2008
Black History Month Special
February 25th, 2008
Abijah Prince was born into slavery in the early 17th century in Springfield, Massachusetts, but in middle age, he arranged his own freedom and married (and freed) the dynamic and eloquent Lucy Terry of the nearby town of Deerfield. Against incredible odds, the couple became property-owners and respectable members of the largely white community in [...]
Kevin Patterson and John Hanson Mitchell
February 17th, 2008
As a physician, Kevin Patterson treats Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic. As a novelist, he explores the collision between the old and the new in that region. His debut novel richly details the life of the Inuit as they transition from traditional nomadic life to settlement in towns built for them by the Canadian [...]
Novelist Geraldine Brooks and Poet Laureate Al Young
February 11th, 2008
We interview Geraldine Brooks about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah. Also, California Poet Laureate Al Young tells us about his new book-and-cd set, SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES.
Book Excerpt: Normon Solomon, MADE LOVE, GOT WAR
February 4th, 2008
(Excerpt posted with permission of the author) 1 Cold War Childhood A story could start almost anywhere. This one begins at a moment startled by a rocket. In the autumn of 1957, America was not at war … or at peace. The threat of nuclear annihilation shadowed every day, flickering with visions of the apocalyptic. [...]
Russell Banks and Tahmima Anam
February 4th, 2008
Acclaimed novelist Russell Banks tells Writer’s Voice about his new novel, THE RESERVE. We also talk with Tahmima Anam about her terrific debut novel, A GOLDEN AGE. Russell Banks’s new novel THE RESERVE is “part love story, part murder mystery”. Taking place in 1936, not long before the World War II, the novel explores questions [...]
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