Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon | A radio book show and podcast featuring interviews with authors, poets, playwrights and more

NOTE: Our home station WMUA 91.1 is preempting the April 20 show to broadcast a UMASS sports event. (…)

The Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts is a region rich in history, natural beauty and writers who take the Valley as their subject. (…)

 

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Our guests are Ian Buruma, talking about MURDER IN AMSTERDAM: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, and Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on A COUNTRY THAT WORKS: Getting America Back on Track. (…)

Eric Klinenberg talks about FIGHTING FOR AIR: The Battle to Control America’s Media. Also, Susie Patlove reads from her new chapbook, QUICKENING, out from Slate Roof Press.

 

 Eric Klinenberg with poem by Susie Patlove [58:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We talk with author and poet Richard Michelson about his poetry (BATTLES AND LULLEBYES) and some of his books for children. Also, Dylan Schaffer on his memoir about his father, LIFE, DEATH AND BIALYS.

History in fiction and poetry is our theme. We talk with Elizabeth Kostova about her debut novel THE HISTORIAN and with Martin Espada about THE REPUBLIC OF POETRY. (…)

Does democracy just mean formal elections and the right to choose among a range of consumer products? Not so, says Frances Moore Lappé. (…)