Eileen Pollack reads from her latest novel A Perfect LIfe published by Ecco. We talk about writing a scientific detective story, genetic markers, uncertainty and risk. We also talk about a book finding its time and publisher. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-09-21-170001-EDT.mp3 Download For more about the author, click here!
Alexander Weinstein reads from his debut collection of stories Children of the New World published by Picador. We talk about writing speculative short fiction. We also talk about rockets, empathy, teaching, and translation. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-09-14-170001-EDT.mp3 Download For more about the author, click here! photo credit: Jessica Spilos
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Bryan Burrough is in the studio with his latest book DAYS OF RAGE: America’s Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence published by Penguin Books. We talk about interviewing members of the underground who have never before told their stories – and about the 1970s, when bombings by domestic underground groups were
Zilka Joseph reads from her book of poems Sharp Blue Search of Flame, published by Wayne State University Press. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-04-20-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
Tune in today to hear Tom Bissell read from his latest book Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve — Or Bones That Shine Like Fire. We’ll talk about pilgrimages and history, stories and footprints. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-04-13-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio * program taped March 23rd * thanks to Michiko Clark at Pantheon Books
Laila Lalami reads from her novel The Moor’s Account published now in paperback by Vintage & Anchor Books. We talk about historical fiction: the historical record and the historical imagination. We also talk about the mind of the writer, choices, structure and voice. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-04-06-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
Diane Rehm reads from her latest book On My Own published by Borzoi Books, an imprint of Knopf. We’ll talk about determination, dignity and light. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-03-30-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
N. Scott Momaday visited Ann Arbor to give the Inaugural Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr. Lecture on Native American Studies. We talk about stories, poems, and names – and also the Big House. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-03-16-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
R.J. Fox reads from his debut novel Love & Vodka: My Surreal Adventures in Ukraine published by Fish Out of Water Books. We are joined in the studio by Jon and Laurie Wilson, the publishers. We talk music and travel and love stories. What could be better? http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-03-09-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author,
