Podcast 71: New Fiction from Elizabeth Strout and Adam Mansbach

May 13th, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with bestselling author Elizabeth Strout about her new book, OLIVE KITTREDGE. (…)

 
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Podcast 69: Nicholson Baker’s HUMAN SMOKE and more…

April 28th, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Nicholson Baker about his acclaimed new book, HUMAN SMOKE: The Beginnings of World War II; The End of Civilization. (…)

 
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This Week: Nicholson Baker’s HUMAN SMOKE

April 25th, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Nicholson Baker about his acclaimed new book, HUMAN SMOKE: The Beginnings of World War II; The End of Civilization. (…)

This Week: Kevin Patterson’s CONSUMPTION and more…

February 15th, 2008

We talk with novelist Kevin Patterson about CONSUMPTION, a novel of the Canadian Arctic and the tension between the old and the new in the lives of its Inuit people. (…)

This Week: Norman Solomon and Valerie Martin

January 11th, 2008

We talk with veteran journalist and commentator Normon Solomon about his memoir, Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State. (…)