George Bornstein reads from The Colors of Zion: Blacks, Jews, and Irish from 1845 to 1945 published by Harvard University Press. We talk about the process of looking closely at the connections and relationships among Blacks, Jews, and Irish between the Irish Famine and the end of World War II. We also talk about the writing life […]
Izzeldin Abuelaish reads from his book I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity (2010) published by Walker & Company. We talk about growing up in the Jabalia refugee camp, his work at the Soroka Medical Center in Israel, and the loss of his three daughters in 2009. More about
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John Beer reads from his debut collection The Waste Land and Other Poems (2010) published Canarium Books. We talk about first books, Bob Hope, Boston terriers and a “Theses on Failure” which could be another way to talk about love. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-01-19-163001-EST.mp3 Download Audio
From the archive: 2010 Kazim Ali reads from Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities (Wesleyan University Press 2009). We talk about gender theory, Yoko Ono, and blurring genre. We also talk about the geography of emotion and the past. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2010-10-13-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Original airdate: October 13, 2010 Recording date: October 7, 2010 Photo credit: press kit
From the archive: 2010 Twesigye Jackson Kaguri reads from his book The Price of Stones: Building A School For My Village (Penguin Group USA 2010). We talk about how he founded a school in rural Uganda for children who had been orphaned by AIDS. We talk about his calling and his reasons for making this inspiring
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From the archive: 2010 Andre Williams reads from his book Sweets and Other Stories (Kicks Books 2009). You may know Andre, as many do, as “Mr. Rhythm” from his time at Fortune Records and Chess Records and in Motown with hits such as “Bacon Fat,” “Greasy Chicken,” Jail Bait,” and many others. A true legend.
Robert Fanning reads from his collection American Prophet out with Marick Press. We talk about creating a character that speaks for an entire book of poems and what that allows to surface in the work. We also talk about humor, Detroit, the vision within Elvisfest and the karaoke of a Master. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-07-29-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio To visit
Colson Whitehead reads from his novel Sag Harbor published by Doubleday. We talk about drawing on your own past and using elements of autobiography to frame what ideas you want to explore in your fiction. What are the risks and pay-offs involved? We also talk about summer at the shore and the 80s: music, fashion, and
Jim Shepard reads from his latest story collection Like You’d Understand, Anyway in paperback from Vintage. Ron Hansen reads from his novel Exiles published with FSG. A sort of homecoming–these two writers met here at Michigan some years ago, their offices across the hall from each other in Angell Hall. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-02-25-161501-EST.mp3 Download Audio
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Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier read poems from among their many poetry books including Last Water Song from Harbour Publishing and The Blue Hour of the Day published by McClelland & Stewart. We talk about the ways of “seeing”–how these ways might be determined without our even knowing it in our formative years. Patrick looks very close-up to things, and Lorna‘s vision requires
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