Jesse Walker reads from The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory (2013) published by HarperCollins. We talk about things that might make you nervous – and also rebels on the air. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-11-12-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
From the archives Alice Walker talks about Zora Neale Hurston, voting, activism, inheritance, offerings,”This Human Journey,” and gardens. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2014-11-05-170001-EST.mp3 Download Audio Original air date: November 5, 2014
first show to add later A. Van Jordan reads from his books “M A C N O L I A” and “Quantum Lyrics” (W. W. Norton & Company). We’ll talk about finding poems in D.C. in his twenties, spelling and other equations. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2012-09-05-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Original airdate: September 5, 2012 4:30-5:30
Anne Waldman reads from The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment–a project that spanned 26 years (Coffee House Press). We talk about collaboration, Ginsberg, manatees, and walking meditation. We also talk about her archive at the University of Michigan Library. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2012-04-25-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio *recorded April 12, 2012
Laura Wetherington reads from her debut collection A Map Predetermined and Chance published by Fence Books for The National Poetry Series. We talk about putting together a first book and about editing the audio journal textsound.org. We also talk about fake translations, erasures and Emily Dickinson–and Laura‘s love of NELP, the University of Michigan’s New England Literature Program. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-10-26-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
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From the archives: 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
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.
Abraham Verghese reads from his novel Cutting for Stone published by Vintage Books. We talk about writing fiction that spans continents and history. We also talk about memoir, his life in medicine, Ethiopia, and the song, Tizita. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2010-02-17-161501-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here! **Thanks to Kate Runde at Vintage and Anchor Books for
Hear David Wevill read poems including work from “Asterisks” published by Exile Editions in 2007. We’ll talk about the self and the non-self as a central force in his work–and whether there is life after poetry. We’ll also talk about image and meditation, “The Group,” and his granddaughter, Isabella. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-11-04-163001-EST.mp3 Download Audio
Tune in today to hear poet Emily Warn read from her latest collection “Shadow Architect” published by Copper Canyon Press in 2008. We’ll talk about the forest, spiritual studies and collaboration with a visual artist: how all three are in the making of this book. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-10-14-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
