Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon | A radio book show and podcast featuring interviews with authors, poets, playwrights and more

Every year, the Springfield (Massachusetts) Jewish Community Center puts on a Book Fair featuring Jewish authors. For the 2007 Fair, Writer’s Voice is putting on a series of interviews with three authors appearing at the Fair, Katharine Weber (Thursday, November 8, 7:30 pm), David M. Gross (Thursday, November 15, 7:30 pm) and Alana Newhouse (Sunday, November 18, 1:00 pm).
TRIANGLE: A Novel by Katherine Weber.
By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story of that day many times. But her own role remains mysterious: How did she survive? Click here to read more.
FAST COMPANY: A Memoir of Life, Love and Motorcycles In Italy by David M. Gross
It’s the thick of the mid-1990s boom, and David M. Gross is racking up billable hours for a Manhattan corporate law firm and thinking that there must be more to life. Out of the blue, a friend calls with a tantalizing and risky proposal. Click here to read more.
A LIVING LENS: (100 years of photography in the Forward) by Alana Newhouse
The finest photographic account of Jewish life in America. This extraordinary volume features classic photographs of the history one has learned to associate with the Forward—Lower East Side pushcarts, Yiddish theater, labor rallies—along with gems no one would expect. Click here to read more.

This series was supported by a grant from the Jewish Arts & Culture Initiative of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.