Patient advocate and author Patrick Malone talks about his book, The Life You Save: Nine Steps to Finding the Best Medical Care-and Avoiding the Worst. It’s about how to keep from being a victim of medical errors. We’ll also talk with novelist Lionel Shriver about her new novel, SO MUCH FOR THAT. It’s about health insurance gone very wrong. And Martin Espada, Richard Wilbur and other poets read at a benefit for the children of Gaza.
Articles Tagged ‘ novelist ’
Jacqueline Sheehan
July 6th, 2009
Jacqueline Sheehan talks about her new novel, NOW AND THEN. And host Francesca Rheannon talks with Sheehan about her previous novel, LOST AND FOUND in an archived interview from 2007.
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.
New Fiction from Paul Auster and Jennifer Haigh; Michael Klare on Russia-Georgia War
August 5th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with acclaimed novelist Paul Auster about his new work of fiction, MAN IN THE DARK. Also, Jennifer Haigh tells us about her new novel, THE CONDITION. And we’ll also air an excerpt from an interview we did last year with Michael Klare about his book, RISING POWERS, SHRINKING PLANET, THE NEW [...]
Novelist Geraldine Brooks and Poet Laureate Al Young
February 11th, 2008
We interview Geraldine Brooks about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah. Also, California Poet Laureate Al Young tells us about his new book-and-cd set, SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES.
Norman Solomon and Valerie Martin
January 13th, 2008
Francesca interviews journalist Normon Solomon about his memoir, Made Love, Got War. Also, we talk with novelist Valerie Martin about her wonderful new novel, TRESPASS.
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