Archive for June, 2008

Melody Petersen, OUR DAILY MEDS

June 23rd, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with reporter and author Melody Petersen about OUR DAILY MEDS: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs. (…)

PODCAST 76: Margot Livesey, HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET

June 23rd, 2008

We talk with Margot Livesey about THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET, her stunning new novel about love, loss and the ambiguities of existence. (…)

 
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Ellen Cooney, LAMBRUSCO

June 23rd, 2008

When the Allies bombed Italy in 1943, they made important inroads on the power of Nazi Germany — but they also destroyed the lives and livelihoods of thousands of ordinary Italians. (…)

Podcast 75: Ta-Nehisi Coates, THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE

June 15th, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Ta-Nehisi Coates about his memoir, THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE. (…)

 
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Poet Frannie Lindsey, LAMB

June 12th, 2008

Frannie Lindsey won the 2006 Perugia Press Award for her second poetry volume, LAMB. It was also the runner-up for the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. (…)

Margot Livesy, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET

June 5th, 2008

We talk with Margot Livesy about her stunning new novel, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET. This one, dear fans, is a real keeper!

Ta-Nehisi Coates, THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE

June 5th, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Ta-Nehisi Coates about his memoir, THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE. (…)

 
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