Book Show (WAMC) (Book Reviews)

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  • Host: Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
  • Each week, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, professor of English at Vassar College, interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. Notable guests have included Salman Rushdie, Joyce Carol Oates, Bell Hooks, Michael Downing, Jamaica Kincaid and Anita Shreve.
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The Book Show #1092

Wed, Jun 24 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina welcomes Brad Gooch, author of the biography "Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor." Air Date: 6/23/09

The Book Show #1091

Wed, Jun 17 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Kamila Shamsie to discuss her new novel, "Burnt Shadows." Air Date: 6/16/09

The Book Show #1090

Wed, Jun 10 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Colm Toibin to discuss his new novel "Brooklyn." Air Date: 6/9/09

The Book Show #1089

Tue, Jun 9 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Arika Okrent to discuss her new book "In the Land of Invented Languages." Air Date: 6/2/09

The Book Show #1088

Wed, May 27 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by author Gregory Maguire. Air Date: 5/26/09

The Book Show #1087

Wed, May 20 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Patricia O'Conner to talk about her new book "Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language." Air Date: 5/19/09

The Book Show #1086

Wed, May 13 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Elinor Lipman to discuss her latest novel, "The Family Man." Air Date: 5/12/09

The Book Show #1085

Wed, May 6 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by author Geoff Dyer to discuss his new book "Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi." Air Date: 5/5/09

The Book Show #1084

Wed, Apr 29 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Marlon James to discuss his new novel, "The Book of Night Women." Air Date: 4/28/09

The Book Show #1083

Tue, Apr 21 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook welcomes Irish author Maeve Binchy to discuss her new novel, "Heart and Soul." Air Date: 4/21/09

The Book Show #1082

Tue, Apr 21 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Germaine Greer to discuss her new book, "Shakespeare's Wife." Air Date: 4/14/09

The Book Show #1081

Tue, Apr 21 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina and guest Annie Gauger discuss the newly released "The Annotated Wind in the Willows." Air Date: 4/7/09

The Capitol Connection #916

Sat, Apr 18 Listen
Host Alan Chartock is joined by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb. Air Date: 4/17/09

The Book Show #1080

Thu, Apr 2 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Robert Goolrick, author of the novel "A Reliable Wife." Air Date: 3/31/09

The Book Show #1079

Wed, Mar 25 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Matthew Pearl, author of the book "The Last Dickens." Air Date: 3/24/09

The Book Show #1078

Wed, Mar 18 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina welcomes Martha Sandweiss to discuss her new book "Passing Strange." Air Date: 3/17/09

The Book Show #1077

Wed, Mar 11 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is jonied by author Jeffrey Lent to discuss his latest novel "After You've Gone." Air Date: 3/10/09

The Book Show #1076

Fri, Mar 6 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by David Hajdu to talk about hsi book "The Ten-Cent Plague." Air Date: 3/3/09

The Book Show #1075

Fri, Feb 27 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Nancy Atherton, author of "Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon." Air Date: 2/24/09

The Book Show #1074

Tue, Feb 17 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Alison Wier to discuss her new book, Mistress of the Monarchy." Air Date: 2/17/09

The Book Show #1073

Wed, Feb 11 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina welcomes T.C. Boyle, author of the novel "The Women." Air Date: 2/10/09

The Book Show #1072

Wed, Feb 4 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina talks with author Ha Jin about his new novel, "A Free Life." Air Date: 2/3/09

The Book Show #1071

Wed, Jan 28 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Pagan Kennedy to talk about her book "The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution." Air Date: 1/27/09

The Book Show #1070

Wed, Jan 21 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina talks with autor Bernardine Evaristo about her novel "Blond Roots." Air Date: 1/20/09

The Book Show #1069

Tue, Jan 13 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Jeffrey Meyers to talk about the recently released biography "Samuel Johnson: The Struggle." Air Date: 1/13/09

The Book Show #1068

Mon, Jan 12 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Philip Roth to talk about his novel "Exit Ghost." Air Date: 1/6/09

The Book Show #1067

Fri, Jan 2 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by author Kate Maloy to discuss her novel, "Every Last Cuckoo." Air Date: 12/30/08

The Book Show #1066

Fri, Jan 2 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrok Gerzina talks with Jenna Woginrich about her book "Made from Scratch." Air Date: 12/23/08

The Book Show #1065

Wed, Dec 17 2008 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina talks with Carolyn Chute about her new novel "The School on Heart's Content Road." Air Date: 12/17/08

The Book Show #1064

Tue, Dec 9 2008 Listen
Host Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is joined by Michael Patrick Hearn to talk about the just released "The Annotated Christmas Carol." Air Date: 12/9/08

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