Archive for the ‘Fiction’ Category

Podcast 60: Kevin Patterson and John Hanson Mitchell

February 17th, 2008

As a physician, Kevin Patterson treats Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic. As a novelist, he explores the collision between the old and the new in that region. (…)

 
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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. (…)

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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Next Week: Kevin Patterson’s CONSUMPTION

February 8th, 2008

We talk with novelist Kevin Patterson about his wonderful novel of the Arctic North and the Inuit, CONSUMPTION. (…)

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 58: Russell Banks and Tahmima Anam

February 4th, 2008

Acclaimed novelist Russell Banks tells Writer’s Voice about his new novel, THE RESERVE. We also talk with Tahmima Anam about her terrific debut novel, A GOLDEN AGE. (…)

 
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Next Week: Geraldine Brooks and poet Al Young

February 1st, 2008

Geraldine Brooks tells us about THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah.
Also,we talk with poet Al Young about his new book-and-cd set, SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES.