Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore reads from She Would Be King (Graywolf Press 2018). We talk about magical realism, origin stories, Liberia, and One Moore Book.
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Cristina Henríquez
Summer host Amanda Uhle talks with Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans (Vintage 2014). Her other work includes The World in Half and the short story collection Come Together, Fall Apart. We talk about writing from multiple points of view, immigration policy, meeting one’s readers in person, and supporting youth writers in the 826 network
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Ocean Vuong
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Ocean Vuong author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Press 2019) about poetry, memory, masculinity, language, newcomers to America, and finding a sense of home and belonging. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-06-26-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Polly Rosenwaike
Polly Rosenwaike reads from her debut stories Look How Happy I’m Making You (Doubleday 2019). We talk about stories, motherhood, characters, agents and babies. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-04-24-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Gina Brandolino
Gina Brandolino reads from her latest essay The Monster Inside: Frankenstein’s Legacy (2018).We talk about horror, the devil, films, monsters, and things you can’t unsee. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-01-16-1700-EST.mp3″ Download Audio
Leland de la Durantaye
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Leland de la Durantaye, author of Hannah vs. the Tree (McSweeney’s 2018). A Michigan native, De la Durantaye is currently a professor, critic, and translator based in Los Angeles. They talk about the book’s Michigan setting, the power of families in novels, and much more. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-01-02-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: Rosalie Atkinson
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Aimee Bender
Aimee Bender joins Living Writers via phone from California and reads part of her short story “Tiger Mending” from The Color Master (Vintage & Anchor Books 2013). We talk about creativity + limitation, exhilaration, Virginia Woolf + a room of one’s own, and consequences. In the last quarter of the episode, T reads the prologue
Steve Hughes
Steve Hughes reads from Stiff (Wayne State University Press 2018). We talk about short stories, launch points, Detroit, first person, community and zines. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-11-21-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio Link to writer’s website
Lo Dagerman for Stig Dagerman
Lo Dagerman reads from her father Stig Dagerman’s novel now available in translation Wedding Worries (David R. Godine 2018). We talk about vocation, youth, fathers, legacy and coming home to art. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-10-17-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Stig Dagerman collage by Lo Dagerman, featuring Stig Dagerman at 9 years old with his paternal grandparents and their farmhouse–all inspiration for his novel Wedding
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Daniel Gumbiner
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Daniel Gumbiner, managing editor of The Believer and author of The Boatbuilder (McSweeney’s 2018), long-listed for the National Book Award for Fiction. They talk about coming of age stories, the letters of E.B. White, the importance of working with your hands, boats, and forgiveness. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2018-09-26-1700-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
