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
Kwame Dawes reads from Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems (2013) published by Copper Canyon Press. We talk about movement, Marley, hope and memory. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-07-16-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here! photo credit: Chris Abani
Karen Joy Fowler discusses her novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Plume 2013). We talk about imagination, character, Kafka, Jane Austen, and animal – human relationship. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-07-02-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here! photo credit: Beth Gwinn
Jane Smiley, author of A Thousand Acres (1991), talks about horses, King Lear, research and writing a novel. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-04-02-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Thomas Lynch joins T in a conversation to celebrate National Poetry Month, featuring poems by Conrad Hilberry and his collection published by Wayne State University Press Until The Full Moon Has Its Say. Also on the table are poems by Dennis O’Driscoll, Michael Donaghy, Maxine Kumin, and Seamus Heaney. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-03-26-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Jim Ottaviani reads from his graphic novel Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas published by First Second. We talk about making comic books about the history of science, Feynman, and research as inspiration. We also talk about nuclear reactors and quetzals. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-01-08-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio
