Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Nicholson Baker about his acclaimed new book, . In a departure from his usual genre, fiction, Baker turns his eye for telling detail to an examination of the cavalier disregard for the human consequences of war by leaders on all sides of the conflict. We hear about how Churchill’s warmongering [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Poetry From the Grassroots
April 22nd, 2008
Hip-hop, poetry slams, and more: it’s the SPOKEN WORD REVOLUTION REDUX. We talk with editor Mark Eleveld about poetry in performance and hear cuts off the CD accompanying the book. Also, on Writer’s Voice we’ve featured some of the most famous poets in the English language. They occupy the heights of what many think is [...]
Connie Hale of the Nieman Center
April 20th, 2008
In March of 2008, Writer’s Voice host went to the Nieman Foundation’s Conference on Narrative Journalism. In this show segment, we talk with Nieman narrative program director Connie Hale about what “narrative journalism” is all about.
AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON and AGAINST THE MACHINE
April 17th, 2008
Our theme is cultural decline and what to do about it. We talk with cultural critic Susan Jacoby about THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON. And former New Republic editor and author Lee Siegel talks about the unintended consequences of the digital age. His book is AGAINST THE MACHINE: Being Human in the Age of the [...]
Philip Fradkin and Rutherford Platt
April 8th, 2008
We talk with biographer Philip Fradkin about the life of Wallace Stegner, writer and environmentalist extraordinaire. His book is WALLACE STEGNER AND THE AMERICAN WEST. You can read a New York Times review of Fradkin’s book (which says a lot more about Stegner than about the biography) here. And for the first chapter, go here. [...]
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