Li-Young Lee talks about scarcity, best words, A Love Supreme, and the attempt to understand our collective human mission. The featured book is The Undressing (Norton 2018) http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-09-06-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio *Please note: there were audio difficulties with our phone connection during the live program; this episode of Living Writers is not the usual length.
From the archives, December 7, 2005: In a conversation that is still timely today, Senator John McCain talks to host Ashley David about how a leader is defined by their ethics and personal values, and reads from the works of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others as featured in his book Character Is Destiny. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-08-30-170001-EDT.mp3 Download
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Luke Shaefer, co-author with Kathryn Edin of $2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. They talk about how poverty in the U.S. has deepened and expanded in the last 25 years and about the role of public policy in those changes. They also talk about eye-opening data and the
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Abbey Mei Otis about her stories Alien Virus Love Disaster (Small Beer Press 2018). Strong and haunting science fiction. What more do you need for your poolside, or mountain top? http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-08-16-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with poet & Pal of the Podcast Keith Taylor about his latest collection Ecstatic Destinations (Alice Greene & Co 2018). They talk about Canada, park benches and the joy of neighborhood walks. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-08-02-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Anna Clark about The Poisoned City (Metropolitan Books 2018), an acclaimed, thorough account of the causes, crisis, and aftermath of the Flint, Michigan water disaster. They talk about tragedy, courage, resilience, and the way forward. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-07-26-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Mokhtar Alkhanshali about being the subject of Dave Eggers’ book The Monk of Mokha (Knopf 2018). They also talk about grandmas, coffee and Yemen. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-07-19-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
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Richard Russo reads from Destiny Thief: Essays on Writing, Writers and Life (Knopf 2018). We talk about looking backwards to make sense of things, creativity and mental illness, voice and honesty, Springsteen, and destiny. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-07-12-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio *taped on June 6th, 2018, anniversary of D-Day
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Julia Turshen about Feed the Resistance: Recipes and Ideas for Getting Involved (Chronicle Books 2017); they talk about about writing about food and eating, the important role of food in today’s resistance movement–and diversity and inclusion in the food industry. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-07-05-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: still from Now and Again
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Fatima Farheen Mirza about her novel A Place For Us (SJP for Hogarth/Penguin 2018); they talk about family relationships, the challenges of writing a first novel, and how characters can live on after a story is done. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-06-28-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
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