Hear Crystal Williams read from “Troubled Tongues” chosen for the 2009 Long Madgett Poetry Award. We’ll talk about chants, epistles and ars poeticas. We’ll also talk about writing plays and poems–and about growing up in Detroit, going to NYC and heading westward. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-10-07-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Hear poet Dean Young read new poems–yet to grace the pages of magazine, web or book. We’ll also talk about his current manuscript called “The Art of Recklessness” to be published by Graywolf Press later this year. We’ll talk about the process of creation, surrealism, and why he exhorts: remember your first urges–why you wrote
Hear Christopher Schmidt read from his debut book of poems “The Next in Line” winner of the 2007 Slope Editions Book Prize. We’ll talk about blogs, journalism, and a 20th century poetry dissertation entitled “Waste Matters.” We’ll also talk about his recent move from Brooklyn to Ann Arbor, his work at Sweetland Writing Center, and mopeds. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-09-16-163001-EDT.mp3
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Hear Lawrence Weschler in conversation about his book published by Vintage Books in 1996 “Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology.” Believe it or not, that’s just the half of it. We’ll also talk about the need for doubt, his Convergence Contest with McSweeney’s
Hear a conversation with Henry Grimes, the legendary and visionary jazz musician. He will read from his book of poems “Signs Along the Road” published by Buddy’s Knife in 2007 and also will play the acoustic bass and violin. We’ll talk about his early life playing with musicians like Charles Mingus and Benny Goodman, the
Hear a conversation with Jay Platt, owner of West Side Book Shop. We’ll talk about bookselling and life on Liberty for thirty-four years and counting. We’ll also talk about Doug Price’s collection of Edward Curtis Prints–and polar exploration, The Wind in the Willows, and Jack Kerouac’s first wife. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-08-05-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Robert Fanning reads from his collection American Prophet out with Marick Press. We talk about creating a character that speaks for an entire book of poems and what that allows to surface in the work. We also talk about humor, Detroit, the vision within Elvisfest and the karaoke of a Master. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-07-29-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio To visit
Hear historian and writer Juan Cole discuss his latest book “Engaging the Muslim World” published this March by Palgrave Macmillan. We’ll talk about entering into historical and political discussions as a professor here at Michigan, as a blogger on his popular “Informed Comment” and as guest on political talk shows. We’ll also talk about his writing life, science fiction,
Hear Carlos Ruiz Zafon read from his novel “The Angel’s Game” published this summer by Doubleday. We’ll talk about Gothic stylization, Barcelona, and novels in a series. We’ll also talk about visual storytelling and breaking out of what you believe to be your own constraints as a working writer. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-07-01-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio *this program was taped
Hear Ali Sethi read from his debut novel “The Wish Maker” published this month by Riverhead Books. We’ll talk about writing a family story that encompasses multiple generations and historical moments in a nation’s history–in this case Pakistan. We’ll also talk about his intentions at the core of the novel–concerning the soul and wish-making. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-06-24-163002-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
