Host Francesca Rheannon talks with journalist David Shenk about THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US: Why Everything We’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Are Wrong. It’s about what the science of epigenetics is telling us us about the potential for human achievement. And David Chura talks about his memoir of teaching incarcerated adolescents, I DON’T WISH NOBODY TO HAVE A LIFE LIKE MINE: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup. He says the War on Crime is a war on kids.
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Hampton Sides On the Trail of An Assassin
May 26th, 2010
Hampton Sides talks about HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin. And Steven Church tells us about THE DAY AFTER THE DAY AFTER. It’s a memoir about growing up in the shadow of apocalyptic visions, including the making of THE DAY AFTER in his home town of Lawrence, Kansas.
Memoirs of Suicide
May 19th, 2010
Nancy Rappaport talks about her haunting memoir, IN HER WAKE: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother’s Suicide. It’s about her mother’s suicide, how it affected her family, and how she came to terms with her loss. And Joan Wickersham tells us about her memoir of her father’s suicide, THE SUICIDE INDEX, in this 2008 interview she gave Writers Voice. The memoir was a National Book Award finalist.
Memoirs of Ireland
March 16th, 2010
Thomas Rice tells us about FAR FROM THE LAND: AN IRISH MEMOIR. He left his beautiful but hardscrabble family farm to emigrate to America in 1959. Also, we hear excerpts from a 2008 interview with Alphie McCourt about his memoir, A LONG STONE’S THROW.
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
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 [...]
Migraines and Madness: The Upsides and Downsides
September 22nd, 2009
Andrew Levy talks about A BRAIN WIDER THAN THE SKY: A Migraine Diary. Weaving his personal story together with reflections on science, art, history and spirituality, he gives us a surprising portrait of this malady. And David Lovelace tells us why he is “proud to be bipolar” despite the troubles the disorder has brought him. His memoir is SCATTERSHOT: My Bipolar Family.
Women Writing Powerfully About Women’s Lives
September 15th, 2009
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie talks about her stunning collection of stories THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK. And poet Honor Moore reads from and tells us about POEMS FROM THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT. Our guests use fiction (Adichie) and poetry (Moore) to evoke the lives of women with power, honesty and grace.
Freedom and Democracy
June 18th, 2009
Diane Wei Liang talks about her memoir of Tienanmin Square, LAKE WITH NO NAME. And we talk with Anthony Lake about the First Amendment and FREEDOM FOR THE THOUGHT WE HATE.
Natalie Goldberg and Ann Armbrecht
April 27th, 2009
Natalie Goldberg interviewed about new book, Old Friend from Far Away. And anthropologist Ann Armbrecht tells us about her memoir of Nepal, Thin Places. Christian McEwen is guest co-host.
St. Patrick’s Day with Alphie McCourt, and more.
March 17th, 2009
Alphie McCourt talks about his memoir, A LONG STONE’S THROW and we talk to Bill Martin and Beverly Swerling of Agent Research and Evaluation about the do’s and don’t of finding a literary agent.
Tyler Boudreau, PACKING INFERNO
January 10th, 2009
Writers Voice spends the hour with former Marine Captain Tyler Boudreau. His brutally honest, brilliantly written memoir is PACKING INFERNO: The Unmaking of a Marine. Boudreau also educates the public on veterans’ issues and is the founder of Collaborative Revolution. He is planning a 2009 cross country bicycle trip by veterans to “to positively re-invest [...]
Best of 2008
January 5th, 2009
It was tough, but we did it: we winnowed down the list of wonderful guests and their books to the Ten Best Books featured on Writer’s Voice in 2008. This week’s show features excerpts from our interviews with four of them. In the fiction category, we talk with Kevin Patterson (CONSUMPTION) and Elizabeth Strout (OLIVE [...]
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 .
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