Franz Wright reads poems from Kindertotenwald (Knopf 2013). We talk about wearing masks, about the difficult twenties, and about seeing the drawbacks of MFA programs (while still loving scholars and universities). We also talk about finding your secret of writing, “king of the cats,” and the universal. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-10-12-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: Garin Horner In 2011 Franz Wright […]
Stacey D‘Erasmo reads from her latest novel The Sky Below published by Mariner Books. We talk about the worlds of journalism and fiction, Rome, and dancing. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-10-05-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here! photo credit: Nina Subin
Derek Mong reads poems from his debut collection Other Romes published by Saturnalia Books. We talk about “the Latin corpus,” octopuses, and putting together your first collection. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-09-14-163002-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
Donovan Hohn reads from his first book Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them published by Viking. We talk about how an essay grows into a project of this magnitude–and about adventure on the high seas. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-09-07-163001-EDT.mp3
Charles McLeod reads from his debut novel American Weather published by Random House UK. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-08-10-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Sarah Messer, Mark Wunderlich and Raymond McDaniel talk about poems and craft. We hear new poems by all–and also selections from Messer‘s Bandit Letters, Wunderlich‘s Voluntary Servitude, and McDaniel‘s Saltwater Empire. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-04-20-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
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Richard Ford reads from an anthology he edited, Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work, published by HarperCollins (2011). All proceeds benefit 826michigan. We talk about work and character development, and also hear a short section from Rock Springs’ “The Optimist.” https://umich.box.com/shared/static/0eou45f8xumc5r38gabasu2wi4f6xuhm.mp3 Download
Ish Klein reads from Moving Day published by Canarium Books. We talk about the momentum of long poems, connection and compassion, filmmaking and puppets. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-04-06-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: Nerve Lantern
Nicholas Delbanco reads from Lastingness: The Art of Old Age published by Grand Central. We talk about what it means to work and create for a lifetime, with the time that is given you–and what work becomes part of the human story and consciousness. We also talk about Shakespeare, Henry Moore, and four leaf clovers. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-03-23-163001-EDT.mp3 Download
A conversation with Jonathan Lethem, a very good sport indeed. Jonathan Lethem‘s visit also marks WCBN’s fundraising week. We talk about his books Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude and Chronic City published in paperback by Vintage. If you like quirky, insightful, danceable programming, please support your local radio. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-03-16-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click
