2014 – LIVING WRITERS

2014

Arundhati Roy

2014, P-R /

Tune in today to hear Arundhati Roy talk about her introduction to B.R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition published by Verso this October. We’ll talk about ‘The Doctor and The Saint: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate: Race, Caste, and Colonialism.’ http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-12-17-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio *This program was taped October 6, 2014 during Arundhati Roy’s campus visit. *Many thanks to Patrick Tonks at […]

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Nicholas Delbanco

2014, D-F, shows /

Nicholas Delbanco reads from his 29th book Dear Wizard: The Letters of Nicholas Delbanco and Jon Manchip White published by University of Michigan Press. We talk about the art of teaching, music and memories, and departure. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-12-10-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!  

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Charles Baxter

2014, A-C, shows /

Charles Baxter reads from There’s Something I Want You to Do from Pantheon Books. We talk about geography, requests, and surprises. We also talk about the upcoming symposium in honor of Nicholas Delbanco. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-12-03-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!

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Scott Beal

2014, A-C, shows /

Poet Scott Beal reads from his debut collection Wait ‘Til You Have Real Problems out with Dzanc Books. We talk about “outlandish” writing, poems from memory, and building community. We also talk about fury and fire and, of course, Thanksgiving. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-11-26-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!

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Phoebe Gloekner

2014, G-I, shows /

Phoebe Gloekner reads from The Diary of a Teenage Girl: an account in words and pictures published by North Atlantic Books. We talk about drawing as a kid to a medical illustrator, Crumb and comics, a child’s life, and installations. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-11-19-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio

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Jesse Walker

2014, shows, V-Z /

Jesse Walker reads from The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory (2013) published by HarperCollins. We talk about things that might make you nervous – and also rebels on the air. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-11-12-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!

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Alice Walker

2014, shows, V-Z /

From the archives Alice Walker talks about Zora Neale Hurston, voting, activism, inheritance, offerings,”This Human Journey,” and gardens. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-11-05-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio Original air date: November 5, 2014

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Lisa Russ Spaar

2014, S-U, shows /

Lisa Russ Spaar talks about her book The Hide-and Seek Muse: Annotations of Contemporary Poetry.  We also talk about London, Dickinson, ineffability and experience. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-10-22-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio

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Eric Bogosian

2014, A-C, shows /

Eric Bogosian visits the studio to talk about his book 100 (monologues) published  by Theatre Communications Group (2014).  We also talk about writing for stage and screen,Talk Radio, and the 100 (monologues) project website. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-10-15-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio

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J. A. Jance

2014, J-L, shows /

J. A. Jance reads from the latest in her Joanna Brady mystery series Remains of Innocence published by William Morrow. We talk about telling a good story and creating suspense. We also talk about her other long time character J.P. Beaumont. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-08-13-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio

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