2013 – LIVING WRITERS

2013

Karen Russell

Karen Russell reads from her collection of short stories Vampires in the Lemon Grove published by Alfred A. Knopf. We talk about the imagination and the making of short stories or a novel. We also talk about Florida and “Swamplandia!” and the weather (of all things!). http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-12-18-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!

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Nikki Giovanni

From the archives: Nikki Giovanni reads from Chasing Utopia (William Morrow/HarperCollins 2013). We talk about passion and poems, speaking out and spoken word, mothers, grandmothers, watching, and wine.  Stay busy! http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-12-11-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: Nikki Giovanni

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Christine Montross

Christine Montross reads from her book Falling Into the Fire: A Psychiatrist’s Encounters with the Mind in Crisis published by Penguin Press. We talk about ambiguity, doubt, and the inherent discomfort doctors have with helplessness. We also talk about the writing of a memoir as a way to more deeply understand the stories we are living

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Edward Hirsch

Edward Hirsch reads from The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems (2010) published by Borzoi Book/Knopf. We talk about insomnia, messages in a bottle, and how poetry saves something from vanishing. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-11-06-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!

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Laurence Goldstein

Poet Laurence Goldstein discusses the life and poems of Robert Hayden as we look forward to the Robert Hayden Centennial Conference (November 2013) featuring keynote address by Harryette Mullen. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-10-23-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio  

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Dale Peck

Dale Peck reads from The Garden of Lost and Found (2012) published by Mischief & Mayhem. We talk about novels, memoir, criticism, activism, young adult books, pie, and a writer’s manifesto. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-10-09-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio

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Aaron McCollough

Aaron McCollough reads from his book of poems Underlight published by Ugly Duckling Presse (2012). We talk about music, forms, and the book in an increasingly digital world. We also talk about the American self and passion. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-08-14-160001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!  

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Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh reads from her book Rat Girl: A Memoir out with Penguin Books. We talk about Throwing Muses, and unlikely friends and mentors, and the lives of songs. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-05-29-160001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here! photo credit: from Kristin Hersh’s website

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