Mystery writer James Lee Burke talks about his latest novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, THE GLASS RAINBOW. And poet Doug Anderson reads two poems.
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Philip Schultz, The Poet & His Dyslexia
July 25th, 2010
Host Francesca Rheannon spends the hour with poet Philip Schultz talking about his poetry, his method of teaching writing and his dyslexia. His latest book is THE GOD OF LONELINESS.
Sadie Jones and Fernanda Eberstadt: Testing the Limits of Courage
May 3rd, 2010
Sadie Jones talks about her new novel, SMALL WARS. Set in war torn Cyprus in 1956, it tells the story of a young British solider, and the effects of that war on him, his wife and their family. And we hear from Fernanda Eberstadt about her acclaimed new novel RAT. It’s about a girl of extraordinary courage who travels from a hardscrabble region of France to London in search of her father.
Web Extra: Poet Jon Anderson reads Richard Wilbur’s “Hand Dance”
May 3rd, 2010
Writers Voice host Francesca Rheannon recorded Jon Anderson reading Richard Wilbur‘s “Hand Dance” at a poetry event to support the children of Gaza in March, 2010. The poem is unpublished and, until this reading, had never been read publicly. Listen to the full show when Jon Anderson reads his poem “Chimeras”.
Masters of Art, Science and Deception
March 2nd, 2010
Mark Lamster talks with host Francesca Rheannon about the great Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens’ career as an unofficial diplomat for the Spanish Crown. And mystery writer S.J. Parris tells us about Renaissance scientist Giordano Bruno’s visit to Oxford in 1583. She spins a murder mystery around the visit and around Bruno’s mission as a spy for the English Crown.
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.
Amy Seidl and Nikki Giovanni
April 23rd, 2009
We talk with Amy Seidl about EARLY SPRING: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World. And poet Nikki Giovanni introduces us to HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN: A Celebration of Poetry With A Beat.
Slow Money/Fast Money…and Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast
February 10th, 2009
Woody Tasch, SLOW MONEY; Katy Lederer, HEAVEN-SENT LEAF; Jeff Sharlet on Obama and the National Prayer Breakfast
David Lovelace, SCATTERSHOT and Maggie Jackson, DISTRACTED
August 23rd, 2008
We talk with David Lovelace about his memoir, SCATTERSHOT: My Bipolar Family. And Maggie Jackson tells us about DISTRACTED: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age.
Nicholson Baker’s HUMAN SMOKE and more…
April 28th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Nicholson Baker about his acclaimed new book, . In a departure from his usual genre, fiction, Baker turns his eye for telling detail to an examination of the cavalier disregard for the human consequences of war by leaders on all sides of the conflict. We hear about how Churchill’s warmongering [...]
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.
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