OLIVE KITTREDGE and THE END OF THE JEWS

May 6th, 2008

We talk with best-selling novelist Olive Kittredge about her wonderful new collection of stories, OLIVE KITTREDGE. (…)

This Week: AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON and AGAINST THE MACHINE

April 11th, 2008

Our theme is cultural decline and what can be done about it. We talk with cultural critic Susan Jacoby about THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON. (…)

Podcast 59: novelist Geraldine Brooks and poet laureate Al Young

February 11th, 2008

Geraldine Brooks tells us about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah. (…)

 
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This Week: Geraldine Brooks and poet Al Young

February 8th, 2008

Geraldine Brooks tells us about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah.
Leaf through the Haggadah’s images on line. (…)

Podcast 55: Norman Solomon and Valerie Martin

January 13th, 2008

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

 
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Next Week: Pamela Thompson’s EVERY PAST THING

January 12th, 2008

We talk with western Massachusetts-based author Pamela Thompson about her debut novel, EVERY PAST THING. Read here for more about the book and the author, and here to read an excerpt from the book. (…)

Next Week: Normon Soloman’s MADE LOVE, GOT WAR

January 4th, 2008

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