Keith Taylor reads poems from his collection The Bird-while out with Wayne State University Press from the Made in Michigan Writers Series. We talk about spring, driving to Muskegon to see the ruff, and Poets at Michigan. Download For more on this author, click here!
Little Bang Theory–Terri Sarris, Doug Shimmin and Frank Pahl– talk about their work and about the Ann Arbor Film Festival featuring the film A Page of Madness with musical accompaniment by Little Bang Theory–with Ichiro Kataoka as the benshi. We talk about toys, stop motion, puppets and adaptation. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-03-22-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more on the band, click here!
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Rebecca Solnit reads from The Mother of All Questions (Haymarket Books) the final book of essays in the trilogy that began with Men Explain Things to Me. We talk about politics, silence, language and hope. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-03-01-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio To visit the author’s website, click here!
Nick Tobier reads from Looping Detroit: A People Mover Travelogue published by Maize Books, Michigan Publishing. We talk about everyday places, elephants, monorails, Utopia Toolbox, and offering interruptions. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-02-22-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more on this author, click here!
Young writers from 826 Michigan read their poems and stories and talk about their writing process for WCBN’s annual fundraiser. Featuring: Josiah (age 10) & his mother, Lisa Luella (6) & her father, Luke Rasyid (14) Amanda & Megan from 826Michigan http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-02-15-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio To visit 826Michigan’s website, click here!
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Heather Ann Thompson reads from Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy published by Pantheon Books. We talk about process and research — and uncovering documents and artifacts that have never before been in the public eye. We also talk about Attica’s legacy, and its implications for today. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-12-14-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio To
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Michael J. Sandel discusses his book What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets published in 2012 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. We talk about markets, values and the common good. What is a market economy vs a market society? And how do we want to live together? http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2015-12-09-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio
B.A. Shapiro reads from her novel The Muralist published this November by Algonquin Books. We talk about using statistics as a plot device, moving back and forth between historical fiction set in 1939 to the present day, and blending fact and fiction. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2015-12-02-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here! show date: December
Richard Siken reads from his new collection of poems War of the Foxes published by Copper Canyon Press. We talk about fables, animals, collections and the need for making. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2015-04-15-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
Sergio Troncoso reads from his novel The Nature of Truth (Arte Publico Press 2014). We talk about crossing borders, love of philosophy in literature, and tenacity. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2015-02-04-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
