Articles Tagged ‘ Biography ’

Wars of Islamic Succession and Partners in Health in Haiti

January 25th, 2010

Journalist Laurie Hazleton talks about AFTER THE PROPHET. It’s about the wars of succession after Mohammed’s death that led to the split between Shia and Sunni. And author Tracy Kidder talks about Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer, and the organization Farmer founded Partners in Health. Kidder’s book is MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, published in 2003.

Best of 2009 and A New Look At Ayn Rand

December 30th, 2009

Anne C. Heller talks about her biography, AYN RAND AND THE WORLD SHE MADE and we play clips from our list of WV Best of 2009, including creative nonfiction writer Tracy Kidder, poet Richard Wilbur, novelist Nicholson Baker, psychologist Gail Hornstein and journalist David Grann.

Best of 2009

December 30th, 2009

It’s that time of year to reflect on “The List”: The Ten Best Of list, that is. This year was really tough (not unlike the 2008 best of list!), because there were so many show episodes I could have included. I was a bit chagrined that it was so dominated by men — I strive [...]

David S. Reynolds, WAKING GIANT and Wally Swist, MOUNT TOBY POEMS

February 1st, 2009

We talk with cultural historian David S. Reynolds about his new book, WAKING GIANT: America in the Age of Jackson. And poet Wally Swist reads from his forthcoming collection, MOUNT TOBY POEMS.

Family Secrets: Ben Binstock and Hallie Ephron

January 28th, 2009

Today’s theme is family secrets. We talk first with art historian Benjamin Binstock  about VERMEER’S FAMILY SECRETS: Genius, Discovery and the Unknown Apprentice. Then, a poem by Constatijn Huygens. And mystery writer Hallie Ephron delves into another family’s secrets in her debut solo novel, NEVER TELL A LIE.

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 .

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. [...]