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

Author and anti-slavery activist Beatrice Fernando talks about her powerful memoir, IN CONTEMPT OF FATE: THE TALE OF A SRI LANKAN SOLD INTO SERVITUDE, WHO SURVIVED TO TELL IT. (…)

Patricia Klindienst talks about THE EARTH KNOWS MY NAME: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans. Also, comic Kate Clinton talks about writing political humor. (…)

Gourmet Organic Chef and Cookbook author Leslie Cerier. Also, Jim Armenti of the Lonesome Brothers talks about The Great Pumpkin Roll and saving local libraries. (…)

We talk to environmentalist Bill McKibben about DEEP ECONOMY: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. You can read Writers’ Voice host Francesca Rheannon’s review of the book here. (…)

In this archived edition of Writer’s Voice, we talk with John Nichols about THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has just introduced articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney. (…)

We spend the hour with author Jeanne Braham and illustrator Barry Moser, talking about THE LIGHT WITHIN THE LIGHT: Portraits of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, and Stanley Kunitz. (…)

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