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 […]
Elizabeth Kostova reads from her second novel The Swan Thieves published by Little, Brown. We talk about research and the imagination–and the past making itself felt on the present. We also talk about Bulgaria, French Impressionism, and obsession http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2010-02-03-161501-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
Joshua Ferris reads from his new novel The Unnamed published by Reagan Arthur Books/Little, Brown. We talk about writing the second novel, Emily Dickinson, Key West, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2010-02-10-161501-EST.mp3 Download Audio For more about the author, click here!
From the archive: 2009 Lorrie Moore reads from her novel A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf 2009). We talk about the music of writing within the novel and the short story. We also talk about being part of a community–and writing about loss–our collective and individual sorrows–our awkwardness and joy. And a few words about
Hear Michigan’s own Laura Kasischke read from her latest novel “In A Perfect World” published this autumn by Harper Perennial. We’ll talk about writing each day, what it takes to see a novel through and the possibilities of poems. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-10-28-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Hear Scott Lasser read from his latest novel “The Year that Follows” published this year by Knopf. We’ll talk about the art of characterization and the challenge within writing about loss–both personal and a country’s. We’ll also talk with Michigan writer R.A. Riekki at the start of the program about his book “U.P.” published in 2008 by Ghost Road
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
Hear Valerie Laken read from her debut novel “Dream House” published in 2009 by HarperCollins. We’ll talk about “the way our homes define and defy us” and how the spirit of obsession can lead to the writing of a kind of ghost story. We’ll also talk about how you find your subject or if it finds you–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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Nami Mun reads from new stories from Miles From Nowhere. We discuss the life of the writer inside and outside of academia, linked stories within a collection, and her experience with writers‘ residencies like Yaddo and The MacDowell Colony. We also talk about being a criminal investigator and a dramatist. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2009-01-28-161501-EST.mp3 Download Audio *This program was taped January
