Michael Zadoorian reads from his new novel Beautiful Music (Akashic Books 2018). We talk about his factory-town approach to writing and his strong sense of place; we also talk about his father’s struggle with Alzheimer’s, his novel The Leisure Seeker and Italy. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-05-24-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Weike Wang reads from her debut novel Chemistry now out in paperback (Vintage Books 2018). We talk about voice, nontraditional chapters and leaps, writing the second book, dogs and fun facts about chemistry. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-05-02-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Robert Yoon is a political journalist, former Knight-Wallace Fellow and former host of “The J Word,” WCBN’s public affairs program about journalism and current events. We talk about the Michigan Daily, directing political research at CNN, and honoring the life of Doris Miller, one of the country’s first World War II heroes. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-04-11-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Gerald Vizenor was in town to present the 2018 Robert F. Berkhofer Jr. Lecture in Native American Studies. We talk about haiku, sound and motion, ethical experience, and choosing chance. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-03-28-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Many thanks to Joseph Gone, Scott Lyons, Stephanie Elliott Prieto, Jason Voss, Frank Uhle, Department of American Culture, Native American Studies, and the Berkhofer Jr Lecture Series.
Guest host Amanda Uhle speaks with Chris Van Allsburg, author/illustrator of 19 books for children and illustrator of three more. Mr. Van Allsburg came to Ann Arbor recently to promote the newest Jumanji film, which had its Michigan premiere as a fundraiser for Hospice of Michigan and Arbor Hospice. They talk about his creative process, the journey from
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Stephen M. Ward talks about his book In Love and Struggle: The Revolutionary Lives of James and Grace Lee Boggs out with University of North Carolina Press in their Justice, Power, and Politics series. We talk about social justice, political movements, activism and what it looks like to dedicate your life to revolution. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2016-12-07-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about this 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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Claire Vaye Watkins reads from her novel Gold Fame Citrus published by Riverhead Books. We’ll talk about invention, faith, the desert, water. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2015-09-30-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
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Cat Warren reads from What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, Inc. We talk about science journalism and creative nonfiction. We also talk about working dogs — cadaver dogs, particularly. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2015-08-12-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
From the archive: 2015 Poet Jean Valentine reads from Break the Glass and Shirt In Heaven (Copper Canyon Press). We talk about memory, elegy, music and dreaming. Take heart. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2015-04-22-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here! Original airdate: April 22, 2015
