Writer's Voice
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Marisa Silver, MARY COIN & Jess Walter, WE LIVE IN WATER
Marisa Silver talks about her acclaimed new novel, MARY COIN. It’s about a famous photograph of a migrant worker taken during the Great Depression. And Jess Walter discusses his collection of short stories set during the Great Recession, WE LIVE IN WATER.
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Roberta Olson, AUDUBON’S AVIARY & Chaz Nielsen, HENRY...
Curator Roberta Olsen talks about her book and the New York Historical Society exhibition, AUDUBON’S AVIARY. It’s about the original watercolors for Audubon’s The Birds of America. And a new bilingual children’s book takes aim at childhood obesity. Chaz Nielsen talks about HENRY GETS MOVING.
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Episode Four of THE RIVER RUNS THROUGH US: The...
In this fourth episode of our Writers Voice special series, The River Runs Through Us, Brian Kitely talks about THE RIVER GODS, his novel-in-vignettes of Northampton, Massachusetts from its founding to today; Native American scholar Marge Bruchac tells us about the original inhabitants of the Valley, and Pioneer Valley Planning Commission director Tim Brennan discusses the history and future of the Connecticut River in Massachusetts.
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Amy Larkin, ENVIRONMENTAL DEBT & Katharine Applegate,...
Amy Larkin discusses her terrific new book, ENVIRONMENTAL DEBT: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy. And Katharine Applegate talks about her new novel, THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN. It's based on the true story of a gorilla held captive for thirty years in a suburban mall.
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Growing Season: Patricia Klindienst, THE EARTH KNOWS MY...
Patricia Klindienst talks about her book, THE EARTH KNOWS MY NAME: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans. (Encore interview.) And then, America needs more farmers -- and more young people are showing up to fill that need. Farmer and author Rebecca Thistlethwaite joins us in the second half of our show to talk about how sustainability-minded farmers can survive and thrive in farming today. Her book is FARMS WITH A FUTURE: Creating and Growing a Sustainable Farm...
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Anthony Lewis, FREEDOM FOR THE THOUGHT THAT WE HATE &...
The late Anthony Lewis on his “biography of the First Amendment,” Freedom for the Thought That We Hate. Lewis died on March 25, 2013. And Edward Ball talks with Drew Adamek about his book, The Inventor and the Tycoon. It’s about how modern media were born out of an unlikely partnership between a tycoon and an inventor who was a murderer.
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Lois Leveen, THE SECRETS OF MARY BOWSER & Eve LaPlante,...
Lois Leveen talks about her novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser. It’s based on the remarkable true story of Mary Bowser, a freed slave who became a Union spy right inside the Confederate White House. And Eve LaPlante talks about her terrific new book, MARMEE AND LOUISA. It’s about the powerful relationship between Louisa May Alcott and her mother.
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Les Leopold, HOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR, full...
Full interview with Les Leopold about his new book HOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America's Wealth.
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Helaine Olen, POUND FOOLISH & Les Leopold, HOW TO MAKE A...
Helaine Olen talks about her expos of the personal finance industry, POUND FOOLISH: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry and Les Leopold discusses his new book HOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America's Wealth.
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Russ Kick, THE GRAPHIC CANON & Louise Erdrich THE ROUND...
Russ Kick, editor of The Graphic Canon, talks about the two volume set of the western world’s greatest literature, rendered in graphic novel form. And Louise Erdrich talks about her novel The Round House. It’s about the brutal rape and beating of a Native American woman and her struggle for justice against her non-native perpetrator.
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Stuart Horwitz, BLUEPRINT YOUR BESTSELLER, Rajesh...
Stuart Horwitz talks about his book architecture method of organizing and revising any manuscript. His book is BLUEPRINT YOUR BESTSELLER. Then Rajesh Paramaswaren discusses his new story collection, I AM AN EXECUTIONER: LOVE STORIES; finally, Drew Adamek reviews Ismail Kadare’s The Fall of the Stone City.
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New Short Stories by George Saunders & Jennifer Haigh
George Saunders talks about his acclaimed new short story collection, TENTH OF DECEMBER. And Jennifer Haigh discusses her new collection, NEWS FROM HEAVEN: The Bakerton Stories.
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Web Extra: Sarah Skinner Kilborne, AMERICAN PHOENIX...
Extended interview with Sarah S. Kilborne, about her book, American Phoenix, The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny.
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Episode Three, Industry’s Rise & Fall – And Renewal?
In this third episode of Writers Voice Special Series The River Runs Through Us, we explore the economic influence of the Connecticut River on the early American Industrial Revolution with historian Dr. Kerry Buckley; peer into the life of William Skinner, one of the men shaped that revolution in a conversation with his great-granddaughter Sarah Skinner Kilbourne; and look ahead to what’s next for the economic stability of the Connecticut River Valley in this era of deindustrialization...
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Translator Donald O. White, THE ISLAND OF SECOND SIGHT...
Donald O. White talks about his translation of THE ISLAND OF SECOND SIGHT by Albert Vigoleis Thelen. Also, Damion Searls discusses his translation of Hans Keilson’s novel of wartime Amsterdam, COMEDY IN A MINOR KEY (encore.)
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James W. Douglass Speaks About The Unspeakable
James W. Douglass talks his new book Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His Final Experiment with Truth. Then WV airs an excerpt from our 2009 interview with Douglass about JFK and The Unspeakable: Why He Died And Why It Matters.
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Jared Diamond, THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY & Holly...
Scientist and author Jared Diamond talks about his latest book, The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? And herbalist Holly Bellabuono discusses her book, The Authentic Herbal Healer: The Complete Guide to Herbal Formulary Plant-Inspired Medicine for Every Body System.
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Martin Duberman, HOWARD ZINN & Howard Zinn, VOICES OF A...
Martin Duberman talks about his biography, HOWARD ZINN: A Life On The Left. We’ll also hear an excerpt from a 2005 interview with Zinn, five years before his death.
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Rilla Askew, KIND OF KIN & Rebecca Coleman, HEAVEN...
Rilla Askew talks about her new novel, KIND OF KIN. It’s about anti-immigrant hatred, its reign of terror and how it’s tearing families apart. And Rebecca Coleman once again plumbs the outer limits of what ordinary people are capable of doing in her new novel, HEAVEN SHOULD FALL.
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Ten Best Shows of 2012
WV looks back at 2012 and celebrates some of our favorite episodes with clips from our interviews with Junot Diaz, Ursula K. LeGuin, Louise Erdrich, Margot Livesy, John Michael Greer, Eyal Press, and Walter Mosely.
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Sojourner Truth: Her Story & Meaning
In the second episode in The River Runs Through Us, WV examines the life of Sojourner Truth and what she means to us. We talk with Jacqueline Sheehan about her novel about Sojourner Truth, THE COMET'S TALE; with historian Nell Irvin Painter, author of SOJOURNER TRUTH, A Life, A Symbol; and with Rachel Kuhn and Priscilla Kane Hellweg of the Enchanted Circle Theater about their musical play, SOJOURNER'S TRUTH: I Will Shake Every Place I Go To.
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Deborah Kesten, Make Weight Loss Last; Story: “The Food...
Nutritionist Deborah Kesten shares the results of her research into losing weight and keeping it off. Her book is MAKE WEIGHT LOSS LAST. Then, Francesca’s story about a master chef’s philosophy about food. And Drew reviews ALL THE ART THAT’S FIT TO PRINT (And Some That Wasn't): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page and talks with the author, Jerelle Kraus.
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Paolo Bacigalupe (encore), Susan Rockefeller, MISSION OF...
Filmmaker Susan Rockefeller discusses her film, MISSION OF MERMAIDS: A Love Letter To The Ocean. Also, children’s book author, Jason Chin, talks about his acclaimed new book, ISLAND: A Story of the Galapagos. But first, WV encores our 2011 interview with Paolo Bacigalupe about SHIPBREAKER, his dystopian sci fi novel that takes place in a world altered by climate change.
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Barbara Kingsolver, FLIGHT BEHAVIOR & James Howard...
Barbara Kingsolver talks about her new novel, FLIGHT BEHAVIOR. It’s about what happens when a rural community in Tennessee is confronted with a bizarre phenomenon -- caused by global warming. And futurist James Howard Kunstler says we’d better dispense with our penchant for magical thinking. His book is NO MORE MAGIC: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation.
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Ursula K. Le Guin, THE UNREAL AND THE REAL & Archer...
Science fiction master Ursula K. Le Guin talks about her two-volume short story retrospective, just out from Small Beer Press: THE UNREAL AND THE REAL. And murder mystery writer Archer Mayor talks about writing police procedurals and his latest in the Joe Gunther series, PARADISE CITY.
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Louise Erdrich, THE ROUND HOUSE & Richard Wolff, OCCUPY...
Louise Erdrich talks about her powerful new novel, THE ROUND HOUSE economist Richard Wolff discusses his new book, OCCUPY THE ECONOMY. It’s about the crisis of capitalism and what to do about it.
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Eric Laursen, THE PEOPLE’S PENSION & Greg Palast,...
Eric Laursen talks about the war on social security. His book is THE PEOPLE’S PENSION. And Greg Palast counts up nine ways Republicans are suppressing the vote -- and why it matters. His book is BILLIONAIRES AND BALLOT BANDITS.
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James Steele, THE BETRAYAL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM:...
Much has been made of the declining American middle class in this election cycle. Each presidential candidate is vowing to bring back the middle class. But how did we get to the point in which the middle class needs rescuing? Who’s to blame for the collapse of the middle class and what can be done [...]
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Michael Grunwald, THE NEW NEW DEAL & James Steele, THE...
Journalist Michael Grunwald discusses his book, THE NEW NEW DEAL: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era. It tells the surprising story of the Obama stimulus. And investigative reporter James Steele talks about the latest book he co-authored with Donald Bartlett, THE BETRAYAL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM: What Went Wrong.
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Writers Voice Special Series: The River Runs Through Us...
In Episode One of the WV series, The River Runs Through Us, historian Kerry Buckley talks about the history and impact of the Connecticut River in New England. Also, author Susan Stinson talks about her forthcoming historical novel SPIDER IN A TREE. Based in Northampton, Massachusetts, it’s about the life of 18th century Calvinist theologian Jonathan Edwards.
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Karen Dillon: HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE? And Bruce...
Karen Dillon talks about the book she co-authored, How Will You Measure Your Life? And Bruce Frankel tells us about his 2010 book,WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? (encore interview.)
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Karen Thompson Walker, AGE OF MIRACLES & Kij Johnson, AT...
Speculative Fiction By Women: Karen Thompson Walker talks about her acclaimed debut novel, AGE OF MIRACLES and Kij Johnson discusses her new short story collection AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER OF BEES.
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Junot Diaz, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER & Daniel Lang...
Junot Diaz talks about his short story collection, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER; Daniel Lang Levitsky talks about DREAMING IN PUBLIC, Building the Occupy Movement; and WV airs a clip from last year’s interview with Occupy organizer and author, Marina Sitrin.
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Richard Selznick, SCHOOL STRUGGLES; Marc Meyer, MINDUP;...
Educational psychologist Richard Selznick talks about his book, School Struggles: A Guide to Your Shut-Down Learner's Success. Marc Meyer discusses the school-based MindUp curriculum; and children’s book author Sanjay Nambiar talks about his new series, A Little Zen for Little Ones.
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Marion Nestle, WHY CALORIES COUNT & Brian Wansink,...
Nutrition expert Marion Nestle talks about WHY CALORIES COUNT and WV re-airs our 2006 interview with food psychologist Brian Wansink about his book, MINDLESS EATING.
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Amanda Coplin, THE ORCHARDIST & Rowan Jacobsen, AMERICAN...
Amanda Coplin talks about her novel THE ORCHARDIST. It's about a man who takes in and shelter two young women escaping horrible abuse. And Rowan Jacobsen talks about his book, AMERICAN TERROIR: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields.
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Linda McCullough Moore, THIS ROAD WILL TAKE US CLOSER TO...
Linda McCullough Moore talks about her short story collection, THIS ROAD WILL TAKE US CLOSER TO THE MOON we air a 2010 interview with Marisa Silver about her short story collection, ALONE WITH YOU.
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Tracie McMillan, THE AMERICAN WAY OF EATING & Katherine...
Journalist Tracie McMillan talks about how the poor, including those who work in the food system, are treated by that system. Her book is THE AMERICAN WAY OF EATING: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table. Also Katherine Gustafson tells us about CHANGE COMES TO DINNER: How Vertical Farmers, Urban Growers, and Other Innovators Are Revolutionizing How America Eats.
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Brita Belli, THE AUTISM PUZZLE & Nancy Nichols, LAKE...
Brita Belli talks about her book, The Autism Puzzle: Connecting the Dots Between Environmental Toxins and Rising Autism Rates. And journalist Nancy Nichols talks about her memoir LAKE EFFECT: Two Sisters and a Town’s Toxic Legacy.
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Richard Zacks, ISLAND OF VICE & Stan Cox, LOSING OUR COOL
Richard Zacks discusses ISLAND OF VICE: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York and Stan Cox talks about his book, LOSING OUR COOL: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World. Then Drew Adamek reviews Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain.
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Andrew Nagorski, HITLERLAND & Jonathan Rabb, THE SECOND...
Andrew Nagorsky talks about his book, HITLERLAND, a first-ever account of the American eyewitnesses to Hitler’s rise to power. And novelist Jonathan Rabb discusses his latest in the Chief Inspector Nikolai Hoffner series, THE SECOND SON. It’s about a Berlin detective in the midst of the Spanish Civil War.
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Magical Realism: Jacqueline Sheehan, PICTURE THIS &...
Novelist Jacqueline Sheehan talks about her latest work of fiction, PICTURE THIS. It’s a sequel to her bestseller, LOST AND FOUND. And Jeanne Ray discusses her newest novel CALLING INVISIBLE WOMEN.
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Walter Mosely, GIFT OF FIRE/ON THE HEAD OF A PIN & Eric...
Walter Mosely talks about his two new speculative fiction novellas, the GIFT OF FIRE and ON THE HEAD OF A PIN; and sociologist Eric Klinenberg discusses his new book, GOING SOLO: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone.
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Steve Volk, FRINGE-OLOGY; Kim Tredick, BrainQuest;...
Steve Volk talks about the paranormal and his fascinating book, FRINGE-OLOGY: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't; Kim Tredick talks about the “summer slide” and BrainQuest; and Drew Adamek reviews THE HUNGER ANGEL by Herta Mller.
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Jonathan Koomey, COLD CASH, COOL CLIMATE & Philip...
Jonathan Koomey talks about COLD CASH, COOL CLIMATE. It’s about how we could ignite a new era of entrepreneurship with good, domestic jobs for a cleaner, cooler planet. And Philip Warburg naysays the skeptics in his book HARVEST THE WIND: America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability.
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Philip Warburg, HARVEST THE WIND Web Extra
Web only extra: Philip Warburg talks about wind power controversies, challenges, and public policy.
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Sadie Jones, THE UNINVITED GUESTS & Sabina Murray, TALES...
Sadie Jones talks about her Edwardian comedy, THE UNINVITED GUESTS. And Sabina Murray discusses her collection of historical short stories about explorers, exploiters and adventurers, TALES OF THE NEW WORLD.
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William deBuys, A GREAT ARIDNESS & Dave Gardner,...
William deBuys talks about cimate change and the future of the American Southwest. His book is A GREAT ARIDNESS. And filmmaker Dave Gardner talks about his movie GROWTHBUSTERS. It's about our addiction to growth and why that is hurting our prosperity.
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Robin Karr-Morse, SCARED SICK & Dan Morhaim, A BETTER END
Robin Karr-Morse talks about her book SCARED SICK. It’s about how chronic fear in childhood is at the root of many adult diseases. And Dan Morhaim tells us how to take better control of the end of our lives. His book is THE BETTER END: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in Today's Modern Medical World.
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Rebecca MacKinnon, CONSENT OF THE NETWORKED & Ross...
Rebecca MacKinnon talks about her book, CONSENT OF THE NETWORKED: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom and we air a 2011 conversation with Ross Perlin about his book, INTERN NATION. It’s just been updated and released in paperback.
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Will Potter, GREEN IS THE NEW RED & David Gessner, MY...
Will Potter discusses GREEN IS THE NEW RED: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege. And nature writer David Gessner talks about his canoe trip down the Charles River and how it inspired his latest book, MY GREEN MANIFESTO.
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Ilie Wacs and Deborah Strobin, AN UNCOMMON JOURNEY &...
Ilie Wacs and Deborah Strobin talk about their memoir, AN UNCOMMON JOURNEY: From Vienna to Shanghai to America, A Brother and Sister Escape to Freedom During World War II.
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John Elder Robison, BE DIFFERENT & Tony Sorgi, The New...
John Elder Robison talks about BE DIFFERENT: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families Teachers, Tony Sorgi discusses The New Earth Archive, and Paul Hawken talks about BLESSED UNREST, a book on The New Earth Archive list.
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Tyler Graham, THE HAPPINESS DIET & Julie Guthman,...
Tyler Graham talks about the book he co-authored, THE HAPPINESS DIET: A Nutritional Prescription for a Sharp Brain, Balanced Mood, and Lean, Energized Body. And geographer Julie Guthman discusses her award-winning book WEIGHING IN: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism. Then, two poems for Spring by Susie Patlove
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The Irish in America: Cynthia Neale, NORAH & Kevin...
Novelist Cynthia Neale talks about NORAH: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th-Century New York. And Kevin O’Hara talks about his new memoir, A Lucky Irish Lad. It’s about growing up as an Irish immigrant in Massachusetts.
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Elmer Luke, MARCH WAS MADE OF YARN; Stephen Pierson &...
Elmer Luke talks about MARCH WAS MADE OF YARN: Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown; Marvin Kitman on Rupert Murdoch (encore); and publisher Stephen Pierson contributor Rich Benjamin talk about the literary magazine Canteen.
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Jim Motavalli, HIGH VOLTAGE & James Hoggan, CLIMATE...
Journalist Jim Motavalli talks about the electric car revolution. His new book is HIGH VOLTAGE: The Fast Track to Plug In the Auto Industry. And WV airs a 2010 interview with James Hoggan of DeSmogBlog about his book, CLIMATE COVER-UP.
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Esther Kaplan, WITH GOD ON THEIR SIDE & Dr. Tom Plaut,...
Journalist Esther Kaplan talks about her book, With God on Their Side: George W. Bush and the Christian Right and Dr. Tom Plaut talks about asthma and how to prevent fatal attacks: his book is One Minute Asthma.
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Scott Alarik, REVIVAL & Rebecca Coleman, KINGDOM OF...
Novelist Rebecca Coleman talks about her psychological thriller, KINGDOM OF CHILDHOOD. It’s about an affair between a female teacher and a teenage student that goes very, very wrong. And guest host Michael Pollitt talks with folk musician and critic Scott ALarik about his first work of fiction, REVIVAL.
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Excerpt: Margot Livesy,The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Margot Livesy reads an excerpt from her novel, THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY.
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Margot Livesy, THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY
Margot Livesy talks about her new novel, THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY in the first half of the show. Later, WV airs our 2008 interview with her about an earlier novel, The House on Fortune Street.
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Fiction from Thrity Umrigar & Michael David Lukas & OWS...
Michael David Lukas talks about his novel, THE ORACLE OF STAMBOUL. It’s the story of a young girl of astonishing talents who changes the course of the Ottoman Empire. And Thrity Umrigar tells us about her new novel, THE WORLD WE FOUND. Four college friends from Bombay India reconnect decades later when one of them falls gravely ill — and find their lives profoundly changed.
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Annamarie Pluhar, Shared Housing & Robin Zasio, The...
Annamarie Pluhar talks about her book, SHARED HOUSING: A Guidebook to Finding and Keeping Good Housemates. and psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio talks about her book, The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life.
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Merle Hoffman, INTIMATE WARS & Wendell Potter, DEADLY...
Abortion rights pioneer Merle Hoffman talks about her book, Intimate Wars and health insurance executive-turned-whistleblower Wendell Potter talks about his book, Deadly Spin.
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MLK Day: Bob Moses & Bruce Watson
In honor of MLK's birthday: Journalist Bruce Watson talks about FREEDOM SUMMER and the great civil rights leader Bob Moses talks about QUALITY EDUCATION AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
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John Michael Greer, APOCALYPSE NOT & Richard Heinberg,...
John Michael Greer says the world will not end in 2012. His book is APOCALYPSE NOT. And Richard Heinberg tells us about the coming downsizing of civilization and what we can do to survive it. His book is THE END OF GROWTH.
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Top Ten Shows of 2011
The top ten shows of 2011, including novelists Tahmima Anam, and Teju Cole, journalist James Kaplan, memoirist Susan Rosenberg and marine ecologist Carl Safina.
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Christian McEwen, WORLD ENOUGH & TIME and A Story for...
Christian McEwen tells us about taking it slow in WORLD ENOUGH & TIME; we talk with Jane Brox about the evolution of artificial light; and we also hear a Winter Solstice story by host Francesca Rheannon, "The Food Philosophe".
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Songwriters Katryna & Nerissa Nields & David Rovics
Folksinger sisters Katryna and Nerissa Nields talk about ALL TOGETHER SINGING IN THE KITCHEN. And we talk to and hear the songs of topical singer-songwriter David Rovics.
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James Workman, HEART OF DRYNESS & Christine Shearer,...
James Workman talks about his book, THE HEART OF DRYNESS: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought. And journalist Christine Shearer talks about KIVALINA: A Climate Change Story.
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Greg Palast, VULTURE’S PICNIC & Marina Sitrin on #OWS
Marina Sitrin talks about her essay that appears in the book, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING -- the first book out about the Occupy Movement. And investigative reporter Greg Palast talks about his latest shocker, VULTURES' PICNIC: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores.
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Christian Parenti, TROPIC OF CANCER & Marge Bruchac, 1621
Christian Parenti talks about TROPIC OF CHAOS: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. And Native American storyteller Marge Bruchac tells us about the first Thanksgiving.
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Jeff Sharlet, SWEET HEAVEN & Chris Hedges, DEATH OF THE...
Rolling Stone journalist Jeff Sharlet talks about his terrific book, SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE and Chris Hedges tells us about his book, DEATH OF THE LIBERAL CLASS.
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Noah Charney & Eric Lamet
Noah Charney talks about STEALING THE MYSTIC LAMB and Eric Lamet talks about his memoir as a Jewish child in Mussolini’s Italy. His book is A CHILD AL CONFINO.
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Bill Zimmerman, TROUBLEMAKER & Alan Michael Collinge,...
Author Bill Zimmerman talks about his memoir of political activism during the 1960’s, TROUBLEMAKER. And we talk about the crushing burden of student loan debt with Alan Michael Collinge. His book is THE STUDENT LOAN SCAM.
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Gail Levin, John van Sickle & Jeff Sharlet
Art historian Gail Levin talks about her acclaimed LEE KRASSNER: A Biography; John Van Sickle talks about his translation of VIRGIL’S BOOK OF BUCOLICS, and WV airs a brief excerpt from an upcoming interview with Jeff Sharlet about his book, SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE.
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David S. Reynolds & Charles C. Mann
David S. Reynolds talks about MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Struggle for America and WV airs a 2005 interview with Charles C. Mann about his book 1491: New Revelations of America Before Columbus.
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Novelists Russell Banks and Valerie Martin & biologist...
Russell Banks talks his acclaimed new novel, LOST MEMORY OF SKIN; Michael Wojtech tells how to identify trees BARK and novelist Valerie Martin weighs in on writing fiction.
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Web Extra: Valerie Martin Extended Interview
Francesca Rheannon talks with novelist Valerie Martin about her literary influences, writing about women, and writing historical fiction.
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Susan Rosenberg, AMERICAN RADICAL
Susan Rosenberg talks about her prison memoir, AN AMERICAN RADICAL: A Political Prisoner In My Own Country. She exposes systematic human rights abuses in the U.S. prison system in her searing memoir of the 18 years she spent behind bars. And later, WV remembers Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Matthai.
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Tahmima Anam: The Good Muslim & A Golden Age
Novelist Tahmima Anam discusses her novels of Bangla Desh. In 2008, WV spoke with Anam about her acclaimed debut novel A GOLDEN AGE. It was about one family’s experience in the Bangla Desh struggle for independence from Pakistan. Now she’s back with a terrific sequel: it’s called THE GOOD MUSLIM. WV airs our interviews about both books today. And host Francesca Rheannon reads two poems of the Bengali writer, Rabindranath Tagore.
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Susan Freinkel, PLASTIC & Dan Ferber CHANGING PLANET,...
Susan Freinkel talks about her fascinating exploration into our plastic world, PLASTIC: A Toxic Love Story. And science journalist Dan Ferber discusses CHANGING PLANET, CHANGING HEALTH, the book he co-wrote with epidemiologist Dr. Paul Epstein. It’s about epidemics and other health effects of global warming.
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Teju Cole, OPEN CITY & Max Page, THE CITY’S END
Teju Cole talks about his powerful and evocative novel, OPEN CITY and Writers Voice re-broadcasts a 2009 interview with Max Page about his book, THE CITY’S END.
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WEB ONLY EXCERPT: Teju Cole on Art & Photography
Writers Voice host Francesca Rheannon talks with Teju Cole about his perspective on photography and art.
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Novelist Cathleen Schine & Climatologist James Hansen
Novelist Cathleen Schine talks about her novel, THE THREE WEISMANNS OF WESTPORT. It’s a wickedly funny satire on the modern conventions of divorce -- and more. And Dr. James Hansen talks about his book STORMS OF MY GRANDCHILDREN in a re-airing of a 2010 interview he gave WV.
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Carl Safina, THE VIEW FROM LAZY POINT
Carl Safina talks about THE VIEW FROM LAZY POINT and literary critic Harold Bloom talks about the last poems of great poets, collected in his book TILL I END MY SONG.
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Agendas for a New Society: David Korten & David Wann
David Korten talks about AGENDA FOR A NEW ECONOMY: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth and David Wann discusses his book, THE NEW NORMAL: An Agenda for Responsible Living.
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Jessica Speart, WINGED OBSESSION, Hugh Raffles,...
Jessica Speart talks about WINGED OBSESSION: THE PURSUIT OF THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS BUTTERFLY SMUGGLER; Hugh Raffles talks about his award-winning book INSECTOPEDIA; and poet Patrick Donnelly tells WV about the poetry program at the Frost Place.
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Green Home: Eric Corey Freed and Barry Katz
Eric Corey Freed talks about the book he co-authored with Kevin Daum, GREENSENSE FOR THE HOME; Barry Katz tells us about PRACTICAL GREEN REMODELING; green architect Betsy Pettit talks about the deep energy retrofit she did of her old house.
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DEBT: A Conversation with David Graeber
David Graeber talks about his fascinating study of -- and polemic on -- debt, DEBT: The First 5000 Years. Its about the role of debt in human society and what to do about it today.
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Caring for Elders: Susan Jacoby, NEVER SAY DIE & Allan...
Susan Jacoby talks about NEVER SAY DIE, her trenchant critique of the myth of the “new” old age. And Dr. Allan Teel explains his innovative, community-based approach to elder care; his book is ALONE AND INVISIBLE NO MORE.
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Dr. Allan Teel Tells a Story About His Dad
Dr. Alan Teel tells a story about his own elderly father, who took care of an even more frail elder when the man’s daughter needed a respite. It's a great example of the Full Circle America approach.
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A Place Called Paradise: Brian Kitely, Marge Bruchac,...
Brian Kitely talks about his fascinating novel about Northampton, Massachusetts THE RIVER GODS. Historian Kerry Buckley talk about A PLACE CALLED PARADISE, the collection of essays about Northampton he edited. And Abenaki storyteller and researcher, Marge Bruchac gives a tour of “native Northampton.”
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Jennifer Haigh, FAITH & Kristen Neff, SELF-COMPASSION
Novelist Jennifer Haigh talks about her terrific new novel, FAITH. Then Dr. Kristin Neff discusses her book, SELF-COMPASSION: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind. Finally, a review of Siri Hustvedt's THE SUMMER WITHOUT MEN.
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Three Writers on Nature: Elizabeth Tova Bailey, David...
Elizabeth Tova Bailey talks about her memoir, THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING. David Gessner talks about his book, SOARING WITH FIDEL; Carl Safina reads from THE VIEW FROM LAZY POINT and poet Richard Wilbur reads his poem, “A Barred Owl.”
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The Audacity of Hope or The Mendacity of Hope? Two Views...
Roger Hodge talks about his book, THE MENDACITY OF HOPE and Sasha Abramsky discusses his book, INSIDE OBAMA’S BRAIN.
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Susan Cheever: Louisa May Alcott & American Bloomsbury
Susan Cheever talks about her acclaimed 2010 biography, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT and about her 2007 book, AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives Their Loves Their work.
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Charles Mann on the Homogenocene and Peter Phillips,...
Charles Mann talks about his Orion Magazine piece, The Dawn of the Homogenocene and Peter Phillips of Project Censored talks about CENSORED 2011.
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Ross Perlin, INTERN NATION & Jon Katz of Bedlam Farm
Ross Perlin talks about the new intern economy in his book, INTERN NATION. And Jon Katz tells us about his new book for children, MEET THE DOGS OF BEDLAM FARM.
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Carl Safina, A SEA IN FLAMES
Carl Safina talks about the blowout, why it happened and its impact on the people and wildlife of the Gulf. His book is A SEA IN FLAMES: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout.
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Mark Hertsgaard & Thomas Yezerski
Mark Hertsgaard on HOT: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth, Thomas Yezerski on his picture book for children, MEADOWLANDS, and Maxine Kumin talks about writing poetry about nature.
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Paolo Bacigalupi & Harold Bloom
Sci Fi author Paolo Bacigalupi talks about SHIPBREAKER. And in honor of Poetry Month, we talk to literary critic Harold Bloom about TILL I END MY SONG.
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Harvey Wasserman & Anna Lapp
Harvey Wasserman talks about his vision for a clean energy future, SOLARTOPIA. Anna Lapp talks about DIET FOR A HOT PLANET: The Climate Crisis At The End of Your Fork
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Simon Winchester, ATLANTIC & Katharine Weber, TRIANGLE
Simon Winchester talks about his sweeping history of the Atlantic Ocean, ATLANTIC and on the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire we talk with Katharine Weber about her novel TRIANGLE.
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T.J. English, THE SAVAGE CITY
Journalist T.J. English talks about his new book, The Savage City: Race, Murder and a Generation on the Edge. And for St. Patrick’s Day: Seamus Heaney's poem Bogland, read by the poet.
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Shelly Carson and Stever Robbins: Being More Creative &...
Be more creative and productive! Shelley Carson talks about her book, Your Creative Brain and Stever Robbins talks about his Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More .
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Shelley Carson on Gifted & Talented Programs
Shelley Carson talks with Writers Voice host Francesca Rheannon about gifted and talented programs in the schools.
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Poetry From The Right Brain – Jean Valentine
Poet Jean Valentine talks about her most recent poetry collection, BREAK THE GLASS and Tracy Kidder talks about MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS.
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James Kaplan, FRANK: The Voice
James Kaplan talks about his riveting biography of Sinatra, FRANK: The Voice (Doubleday, November 2010.) And clips of Sinatra’s singing will be aired, from his early years as part of Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra to James Kaplan’s own Sinatra favorites, arranged by Nelson Riddle.
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A New American Revolution? Ted Rall, THE ANTI-AMERICAN...
Cartoonist and author Ted Rall talks about his book, THE ANTI-AMERICAN MANIFESTO. Then poet Martin Espada reads a poem about the nonviolent people’s rebellion in Mexico, called "Sing Zapatista."
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Tatjana Soli & David Rabe: Two Novels of Love & War in...
Tatjana Soli talks about her debut novel of Vietnam, THE LOTUS EATERS. And David Rabe’s unconventional love story about the Vietnam War is GIRL BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT NIGHT.
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Peter Filkins, translator of H.G. Adler: Panorama & The...
Translator Peter Filkins talks about H.G. Adler’s PANORAMA. Set in the vanished world of pre-war Bohemia, it follows the young Joseph from childhood in Prague to adulthood in the concentration camps. Also, Filkins talks about Adler's THE JOURNEY. And we preview next week's show.
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Helena Norberg Hodge, The Economics of Happiness &...
Helena Norberg-Hodge talks about the new film The Economics of Happiness; environmental writer Janisse Ray talks about Track Back - A Love Letter to Riding the Rails; and WV airs a clip from an interview with climatologist Jim Hansen.
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Gail Hornstein & Millicent Monks: Overcoming the Stigma...
Psychologist Gail Hornstein talks about her book, AGNES’ JACKET: A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness in this extended excerpt from our 2009 interview. And Millicent Monks talks about her memoir, SONGS OF THREE ISLANDS: A Story of Mental Illness in an Iconic American Family.
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Jane Brox, BRILLIANT & Jill Bolte Taylor, MY STROKE OF...
Jane Brox talks about her book, BRILLIANT: The Evolution of Artificial Light. And in view of the shooting in Arizona that injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, WV airs a 2008 interview with neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor about MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, her memoir of recovering from a stroke. It affected the left side of her brain--the same side injured in Rep. Giffords.
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WV Best Ten Shows of 2010
We hear clips from 7 of the top 10 shows of 2010, including journalists David Grann, Hampton Sides, and Eric Pooley; novelists Isabel Allende and Sadie Jones; poet Philip Schultz and short story writer Marisa Silver. Also, links to the full interviews with the remaining three picks.
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Martin Keough: HOPE BENEATH OUR FEET
Martin Keough on the anthology he edited, HOPE BENEATH OUR FEET: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World. And we talk with Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappe, and Paul Hawken, who contributed to Keough's book.
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Stephanie Syman: Yoga in America & Alexander Cockburn,...
Stephanie Syman talks about THE SUBTLE BODY: The Story of Yoga In America. And columnist Alexander Cockburn and Tim Karr of Free Press discuss what the WikiLeaks controversy means for freedom of the press and the internet.
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Writing Music: Roger Ames & The Yiddish Revival: Aaron...
Composer Roger Ames talks about writing music for voice and about his latest projects, including “Laudate Dominum” and a musical adaptation of How Green Was My Valley. Also Aaron Lansky of the Yiddish Book Center talks about his memoir, OUTWITTING HISTORY in a 2006 encore interview.
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Marvin Kitman on Murdoch & Peter Lehner on the BP Gulf...
Marvin Kitman talks about Murdoch Triumphant. Peter Lehner tells us about BP's Gulf disaster in IN DEEP WATER. And we get tips on eating during the holidays from food psychologist Brian Wansink.
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Brian Wansink: Mindless Eating
Writers Voice talks with Cornell food psychologist Brian Wansink about his bestselling book, MINDLESS EATING: Why We Eat More Than We Think.
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New Fiction from Scott Spencer & Dori Ostermiller
Best-selling author Scott Spencer on MAN IN THE WOODS and Dori Ostermiller on her quasi-autobiographical debut novel, OUTSIDE THE ORDINARY WORLD.
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Encore Episode: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi & Honor Moore
An encore episode with Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about her story collection THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK. And poet Honor Moore reads from and tells us about POEMS FROM THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT.
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David Callahan, David Cay Johnston & Arianna Huffington:...
David Callahan talks about his book, FORTUNES OF CHANGE. David Cay Johnston talks about corporate welfare. And Arianna Huffington talks about THIRD WORLD AMERICA.
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James Howard Kunstler & John Michael Greer: The Long...
Futurist James Howard Kunstler talks about THE WITCH OF HEBRON, his latest novel about a postindustrial, post collapse, America. And John Michael Greer talks about the long descent. His book is THE ECOTECHNIC FUTURE.
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Web Extra: John Michael Greer on Druidism and The...
John Michael Greer talks about Druidism and The Ecotechnic Future.
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Calming the Emotions and the Mind: Judith Siegel & Les...
Judith Siegel talks about her book STOP OVERREACTING: Effective Strategies For Calming Your Emotions. And Les Fehmi tells us how to use our powers of attention to calm our stress and handle our challenges. His book is OPEN FOCUS BRAIN: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body.
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Cuba Present And Past: Patrick Symmes, T.J. English
Journalist Patrick Symmes talks about his article in the October Harper’s, "Thirty Days as a Cuban: Pinching pesos and dropping pounds in Havana." And T.J. English talks about HAVANA NOCTURNE. It’s about how the Mob took over Havana and lost it to the Revolution.
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Juliet Schor PLENITUDE & Lyle Estill SMALL IS POSSIBLE
Economist Juliet Schor on her book, PLENITUDE, and what it can tell us about living well in a world where the economy and the environment are in trouble. And entrepreneur and author Lyle Estill tells us about his book, SMALL IS POSSIBLE: Life in a Local Economy.
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Back to School with Ellen Galinsky & Rafe Esquith
Ellen Galinsky on her new book, MIND IN THE MAKING and Rafe Esquith tells us about his book, LIGHTING THEIR FIRES in an encore interview from March 2010.
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Alan Furst: Fiction, Suspense and the Moral Imperative
Alan Furst talks about writing and about his historical thrillers, SPIES OF THE BALKANS (2010) and THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (2006).
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How To Find Fulfillment: Bruce Frankel and Susan...
Bruce Frankel on WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? And psychologist Susan Krauss Whitbourne on THE SEARCH FOR FULFILLMENT.
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The War Over Climate: Eric Pooley & Eli Kintisch
Francesca Rheannon talks with Eric Pooley about the politics of climate change. His book is THE CLIMATE WAR: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth. Also, Eli Kintisch on geo-engineering; his book is HACKING THE PLANET: Science's Best Hope - or Worst Nightmare - for Averting Climate Catastrophe.
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Harvey Sachs: Beethoven And His Heroic Era
Harvey Sachs talks about his book, THE NINTH, BEETHOVEN, AND THE WORLD IN 1824. Also, in an archived interview, Mark Lamster talks about his book, MASTER OF DECEPTION. It’s about Peter Paul Rubens and his secret diplomatic career.
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James Lee Burke: Murder and Redemption on the Bayou
Mystery writer James Lee Burke talks about his latest novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, THE GLASS RAINBOW. And poet Doug Anderson reads two poems.
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Philip Schultz, The Poet & His Dyslexia
Host Francesca Rheannon spends the hour with poet Philip Schultz talking about his poetry, his method of teaching writing and his dyslexia. His latest book is THE GOD OF LONELINESS.
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The Social Change of Climate Change
Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute talks about the latest edition of his book PLAN B. It’s updated to PLAN B 4.0. And social change expert David Gershon talks about how to create the social and political will to do something about climate change in his book, SOCIAL CHANGE 2.0.
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The Secret Arms Trade Between Israel & Apartheid South...
Writers Voice talks with Sasha Polakow-Suransky about his book, THE UNSPOKEN ALLIANCE. And, in an excerpt from our 2009 interview, Israeli journalist Amira Hass talks about her Holocaust survivor parents' involvement in the Israeli peace movement.
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Marisa Silver: Fiction Short and Long
Writers Voice spends the hour with fiction writer Marisa Silver, talking about the craft of writing, her new collection of short stories ALONE WITH YOU and her 2008 novel, GOD OF WAR.
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Web Extra: David Shenk Reads from THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US
Shenk reads a section from his book, THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US, about the baseball champion Ted Williams. The lesson? With practice-practice-practice, new science tells us you, too, can be a champion. Listen to the full David Shenk interview. Tags: Nonfiction david shenk Web Extra Related posts Web Extra: Howard Zinn archive interview (0) [...]
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David Shenk on Genius & Genetics and David Chura on Kids...
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with journalist David Shenk about THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US: Why Everything We’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Are Wrong. It’s about what the science of epigenetics is telling us us about the potential for human achievement. And David Chura talks about his memoir of teaching incarcerated adolescents, I DON’T WISH NOBODY TO HAVE A LIFE LIKE MINE: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup. He says the War on Crime is a war on kids.
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Amanda Little & Anna Lapp on Kicking the Dirty Fuels...
Amanda Little talks about her book POWER TRIP: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells. It’s about our addiction to fossil fuels and how to get off them. And Anna Lapp tells us about her new book, DIET FOR A HOT PLANET: The Climate Crisis At the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.
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Hampton Sides On the Trail of An Assassin
Hampton Sides talks about HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin. And Steven Church tells us about THE DAY AFTER THE DAY AFTER. It’s a memoir about growing up in the shadow of apocalyptic visions, including the making of THE DAY AFTER in his home town of Lawrence, Kansas.
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Memoirs of Suicide
Nancy Rappaport talks about her haunting memoir, IN HER WAKE: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother’s Suicide. It’s about her mother’s suicide, how it affected her family, and how she came to terms with her loss. And Joan Wickersham tells us about her memoir of her father’s suicide, THE SUICIDE INDEX, in this 2008 interview she gave Writers Voice. The memoir was a National Book Award finalist.
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Wars of Islamic Succession and Partners in Health in...
Journalist Laurie Hazleton talks about AFTER THE PROPHET. It’s about the wars of succession after Mohammed’s death that led to the split between Shia and Sunni. And author Tracy Kidder talks about Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer, and the organization Farmer founded Partners in Health. Kidder’s book is MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, published in 2003.
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Searching for Whitopia
Richard Benjamin talks about SEARCHING FOR WHITOPIA: An Improbable Journey To The Heart Of White America. It’s about his odyssey to discover the hearts and minds of those living in the overwhelmingly white enclaves that are some of the fastest growing communities in the country.And poet and children’s book author Richard Michelson talks about AS [...]
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Best of 2009 and A New Look At Ayn Rand
Anne C. Heller talks about her biography, AYN RAND AND THE WORLD SHE MADE and we play clips from our list of WV Best of 2009, including creative nonfiction writer Tracy Kidder, poet Richard Wilbur, novelist Nicholson Baker, psychologist Gail Hornstein and journalist David Grann.
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The Book As Art
Artist and writer Matthew Rose talks about the unbound book of art postcards he curated, A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. It’s a collection of 500 limited edition postcards on the theme of death, each one created by an artist for the exhibition. And George Monbiot and Bill McKibben talk about climate change.
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Adapting to, Controling and Solving The Climate Crisis
Harvey Wasserman tells us about SOLARTOPIA, his vision of 2030’s clean energy world. And ecologist Amy Seidl tells us how we can adapt to climate change while trying to control it. Her book is EARLY SPRING. Harvey Wasserman This week, the world’s nations are meeting at the UN Climate talks in Copenhagen. Hopefully, they will be [...]
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Web Extra: James Douglass on Lee Harvey Oswald
James Douglass tells Writers Voice more about Lee Harvey Oswald. Listen to the full show here. Tags: Web Extra James W. Douglass Related posts No related posts.
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Diaries of Disaster
Francine Prose talks about her terrific new book, ANNE FRANK: THE BOOK, THE LIFE, THE AFTERLIFE. It shines a writer’s lens on Frank’s diary and on its postwar reception in the U.S. and elsewhere. And Israeli journalist Amira Hass tells us about her mother’s DIARY OF BERGEN BELSEN, a searing account of moral courage in the face of unrelenting brutality.
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What Do We Learn About History From Novels?
We hear excerpts from a dramatic reading of Ernest J. Gaines’ novel, A LESSON BEFORE DYING by Enchanted Circle Theater actors. It’s about a young black man in Jim Crow Louisiana who is condemned to death. And we interview Thad Carhart about his new historical novel, ACROSS THE ENDLESS RIVER. It’s about Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of Sacagawea who was a guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition and who lived both in the United States and Europe.
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Human Spaces and Liveable Cities
Scientist Colin Ellard talks about YOU ARE HERE: Why We Can Find Our Way To The Moon But Get Lost At The Mall and urban geographer Rutherford Platt tells us about THE HUMANE METROPOLIS.
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Richard Wilbur: Great American Poet
We speak with former U.S. Poet Laureate Richard Wilbur about new poems and old, the art of translation, and his evolution as a poet. Wilbur also reads from his work for us.
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Food Security and Insecurity
We talk with journalist Sasha Abramsky about his new book BREADLINE USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It. And sustainability expert Robin Wheeler talks about her book, FOOD SECURITY FOR THE FAINT AT HEART.
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Les Leopold and Barney Frank: Wall Street and THE...
Everything you want to know about instruments of financial mass destruction, but were afraid to ask! Les Leopold explains the financial meltdown in plain English and what we should do about it. And Congressman Barney Frank talks about the TARP.
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THE BROTHER GARDENERS and OUT OF SIGHT
We talk with design historian and writer Andrea Wulf about THE BROTHER GARDENERS. Also, playwright and juggler Sara Feldman tells us about her new play OUT OF SIGHT.
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Jacqueline Sheehan
Jacqueline Sheehan talks about her new novel, NOW AND THEN. And host Francesca Rheannon talks with Sheehan about her previous novel, LOST AND FOUND in an archived interview from 2007.
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Stephan Faris, FORECAST & Leonard Nimoy
We talk with journalist Stephan Faris about his book, FORECAST, THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. We also air an archived interview with actor Leonard Nimoy about his work as a photographer.
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Welsh Poet Gwyneth Lewis and Marshall Jon Fisher’s A...
Guest host Christian McEwen talks with Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis and Francesca Rheannon talks with Marshall Jon Fisher about one of the greatest tennis matches ever played: the 1937 Davis Cup final at Wimbledon. (...)
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Freedom and Democracy
Diane Wei Liang talks about her memoir of Tienanmin Square, LAKE WITH NO NAME. And we talk with Anthony Lake about the First Amendment and FREEDOM FOR THE THOUGHT WE HATE.
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Poet Paul Muldoon and drama Voices in Conflict
Guest host Christian McEwen interviews Paul Muldoon, poet and poetry editor of The New Yorker. And Francesca Rheannon talks with the director and cast members of a new production of the documentary play Voices in Conflict.
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Birdsong by the Seasons and more
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma about his newest book, BIRDSONG BY THE SEASONS. We also talk about a new threat to birds, wildlife, and the climate with Chris Matera of Massachussetts Forest Watch.
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