Karen Dionne reads from The Marsh King’s Daughter (Putnam 2017). We talk about writing a psychological suspense, fairy tales, and the UP. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-11-02-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
David Lagercrantz reads from The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Knopf 2017), the latest in the Lisbeth Salander series. We talk about continuing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Series, being a board member of PEN in Sweden, what our parents want for us, and, briefly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-10-26-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Douglas Trevor reads from his latest collection of stories The Book of Wonders (six one seven books 2017). We talk about Radiohead, putting together a book of connected stories, invention, the number 9, melancholy and wonder. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-10-19-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
Nancy Pearl reads from her novel George & Lizzie (Touchstone 2017). We talk about imagining characters into life, carrying an unfinished poem within you, and being America’s Librarian. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-10-05-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio To head to Nancy Pearl’s website, click here!
Claire Messud reads from her novel The Burning Girl (Norton 2017). We talk about friendship, young narrators, stories within stories and what we can’t know about others. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-09-28-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: Ulf Andersen
Maile Meloy reads from her novel Do Not Become Alarmed published by Penguin Random House.We talk about shifting perspectives, revisions after readers, the intrigue within conversations, and pirates. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-09-06-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio To visit this author’s website, click here!
Courtney Maum, author of the novels I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You and Touch, talks with Amanda about the fine art of predicting the future, the declining state of human interaction, and the importance of your sense of smell. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-08-09-170001-EDT.mp3 Download for podcast To visit author’s site, click here!
Detroit novelist and arts writer Lynn Crawford talks about visual art, Detroit, families, fashion, and food. Lynn is the author of Shankus & Kitto A Saga, Solow, Blow, Fortification Resort (a selection of art related sestinas) and the novels Simply Separate People and Simply Separate People Two. She is a Kresge Literary Arts Fellow and a 2016 Rauschenberg Writing Fellow. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-07-19-170001-EDT.mp3 Download For
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Doree Shafrir, Senior Culture Writer at Buzzfeed and author of the novel Start Up, which skewers startup culture and tackles workplace sexual harassment, the ever changing role of the internet in relationships, and work life balance across generations. We also talk Bill O’Reilly, feminism, and what movie plots and novel plots
Laura Hulthen Thomas reads from her debut collection of stories States of Motion published by Wayne State University Press as part of the Made in Michigan Writers Series. We talk about place as character, process and habit. We also talk about hope, fear and economics. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2017-05-31-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio
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