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The Will To Resist

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
“Unembedded journalist” Dahr Jamail tells us about the profound impact on veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — and how they are fighting back. We also talk with mystery novelist Lisa Kleinholz, cookbook author Lora Brody and journalism prof and blogger B.J. Roche – they’re all panelists on the upcoming Write Angles writers conference taking place Nov 21, 2009 at Mount Holyoke College.

Diaries of Disaster

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
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.

What Do We Learn About History From Novels?

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
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.

Web Extra: A Dramatic Reading By Enchanted Circle Theater

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
A LESSON BEFORE DYING dramatic reading by the Holyoke based company, Enchanted Circle Theater. They compressed the action of the book into a dramatic script of about an hour and a half. You can listen to the entire reading here, but we air excerpts on the show.

It’s Getting Spooky Out! The Halloween Show

Tue, Oct 27 Listen
Irish mystery writer John Connolly tells us about his new spine-tingling and funny bone-tickling thriller for smart teens, THE GATES. And we air an archived interview with magician Alan Kronzek about THE SORCERERS COMPANION, A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter. The Gates of Hell Are About To Open, Want To Peek? It’s that time [...]

Dying for the Story and Living Better on Less

Tue, Oct 20 Listen
Investigative journalist Terry Gould talks about his book, MARKED FOR DEATH: Dying for the Story in the World’s Most Dangerous Places. It explores the stories of seven journalists who exposed the truth even though they knew they’d be killed for their work. And Wanda Urbanska of the TV show Simple Living tells us the [...]

Are You Ready For Fire, Brimstone, Love And Writer’s Block?

Wed, Oct 14 Listen
Nicholson Baker talks about his new novel, THE ANTHOLOGIST. His hero Paul Chowder is looking back over his whole life and wondering what it's amounted to. He's also facing the dreaded disease: writer's block. And Susan Stinson is just finishing her new novel, SPIDER IN THE TREE. She tells us about her protagonist, the 18th century preacher Jonathan Edwards who preached fire and brimstone – and love.

Web Extra: Chris Hedges On Threats and Hope

Fri, Oct 9 Listen
Chris Hedges on threats from the Right, but also reasons for hope.

Empires of Illusion, Empires of Torture

Tue, Oct 6 Listen
FJournalist Chris Hedges talks about EMPIRE OF ILLUSION: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. He says Americans are in thrall to a culture of narcissism, revenge, and fake "happiness" that is destroying our democracy -- and our power to connect genuinely with others. And former Army intelligence officer and constitutional scholar Chris Pyle says the Bush Administration is GETTING AWAY WITH TORTURE. He tells us about secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law.

Meth Epidemic In America’s Heartland and Thoreau’s Bad Day

Tue, Sep 29 Listen
We interview Nick Reding about how the methamphetamine epidemic is eating away at rural America. His book is METHLAND: The Death and Life of an American Small Town. And John Pipkin tells us about his debut novel WOODSBURNER. It's about a very bad day in the life of Henry David Thoreau: when he started a forest fire that burned three hundred acres. Pipkin uses the fire as a starting point to examine the destruction human passions can cause.

Migraines and Madness: The Upsides and Downsides

Tue, Sep 22 Listen
Andrew Levy talks about A BRAIN WIDER THAN THE SKY: A Migraine Diary. Weaving his personal story together with reflections on science, art, history and spirituality, he gives us a surprising portrait of this malady. And David Lovelace tells us why he is “proud to be bipolar” despite the troubles the disorder has brought him. His memoir is SCATTERSHOT: My Bipolar Family.

Women Writing Powerfully About Women’s Lives

Tue, Sep 15 Listen
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie talks about her stunning collection of stories And poet Honor Moore reads from and tells us about Our guests use fiction (Adichie) and poetry (Moore) to evoke the lives of women with power, honesty and grace. ward winning author Chimamanda Adichie was born in Nigeria and lives in the United States. She’s [...]

Looking at New York City, Before and After 9/11

Tue, Sep 8 Listen
We talk with architectural historian Max Page about THE CITY'S END: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction. And Patrick Radden Keefe tells us the story of China's outmigration to New York in the 1980's and the "snakeheads" who facilitated and exploited it. His book is SNAKEHEAD: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream.

Human Spaces and Liveable Cities

Sat, Aug 29 Listen
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.

SO SEXY SO SOON, Jean Kilbourne & HOLD LOVE STRONG, Matthew Aaron Goodman

Thu, Aug 20 Listen
August 17, 2009. Writers Voice host Francesca Rheannon talks with Dr. Jean Kilbourne about SO SEXY SO SOON: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids. And Matthew Aaron Goodman tells us about his debut novel, HOLD LOVE STRONG.

Richard Wilbur: Great American Poet

Thu, Aug 13 Listen
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.

Food Security and Insecurity

Thu, Aug 6 Listen
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.

Les Leopold and Barney Frank: Wall Street and THE LOOTING OF AMERICA

Thu, Jul 30 Listen
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.

THE BROTHER GARDENERS and OUT OF SIGHT

Tue, Jul 21 Listen
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.

Curious Garden & Arecelis Girmay

Sun, Jul 19 Listen
Francesca Rheannon talks with children's book author and illustrator Peter Brown about THE CURIOUS GARDEN and Katy Lorah of Friends of The High Line. Also, poet Arecelis Girmay talks with guest host, Christian MacEwen.

Jacqueline Sheehan

Mon, Jul 6 Listen
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.

Stephan Faris, FORECAST & Leonard Nimoy

Fri, Jul 3 Listen
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.

Welsh Poet Gwyneth Lewis and Marshall Jon Fisher’s A TERRIBLE SPLENDOR

Mon, Jun 22 Listen
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. (...)

Freedom and Democracy

Fri, Jun 19 Listen
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.

Poet Paul Muldoon and drama Voices in Conflict

Tue, Jun 9 Listen
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.

Birdsong by the Seasons and more

Tue, Jun 2 Listen
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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