A Novel Idea (Books-Conversation)

  • Host: Rosemary Manchester
  • Non-fiction to pulp fiction host Rosemary Manchester and producer Suzanne M. Lang explore the world of books, featuring conversations with writers, readers, and academics.
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November 11, 2009 - Chester Aaron, Stefanie Freele, Beth Carpel

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
A Novel Idea celebrates a bounty of stories and writers with three authors this month. Occidental's ever-astonishing Chester Aaron, has been awarded a 2009 Moonbeam Award in Young Adult Historical Fiction for his recently re-published novel, Gideon, a story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, and the uprising at the concentration camp of Treblinka. Stefanie Freele's work has been called "micro fiction" for its clarity and brevity. Sensitive and unruly, sincere and absurd, Stefanie Freele's...

September 9, 2009

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
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Fri, Oct 23 Listen
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August 12, 2009 - Jonah Raskin - Field Days

Thu, Aug 20 Listen
Jonah Raskin - Field Days

July 8, 2009 - Chuck Kensler/Chouteau Creek

Thu, Aug 20 Listen
Chuck Kensler/Chouteau Creek

June 10, 2009 - Christina Sunley

Wed, Jun 17 Listen
Christina Sunley and The Tricking of Freya.

May 13, 2009 - Mark Sloan M.D.

Fri, May 15 Listen
Mark Sloan M.D. - Birth Day

April 8, 2009 - Margit Liesche

Thu, Apr 9 Listen
Hollywood Buzz with Margit Liesche

March 11, 2009 - Eva Rutland

Thu, Mar 19 Listen
Eva Rutland - When We Were Colored

February 11, 2009 - Sheri Reynolds

Fri, Feb 20 Listen
Sheri Reynolds and her latest book The Sweet In-Between

January 14, 2009 - Francis Dinkelspiel

Fri, Feb 20 Listen
Francis Dinkelspiel and her latest book Towers of Gold

Dec. 10, 2008 - Lizann Bassham

Wed, Dec 10 2008 Listen
Lizann Bassham and her latest book One of Another

Nov. 19, 2008 - Bart Schneider

Wed, Dec 10 2008 Listen
Bart Schneider and his latest book The Man in the Blizzard.

Oct. 8, 2008 - Mira Katz

Wed, Dec 10 2008 Listen
Rosemary Manchester and Mira Katz on To Kill a Mockingbird

Sep. 24, 2008 - Radio Sketches

Thu, Sep 25 2008 Listen
Radio Sketches: It's a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird with David Kipen, Robin Metalitz, Sally Briggs, Dave Casey, Bart Schneider, Veronica Bowers and Robin Watters.

Aug. 13, 2008 - James Tipton

Mon, Aug 18 2008 Listen
Rosemary in conversation with James Tipton - author of a Novel of the French Revolution, Annette Vallon. Annette was the over of English poet William Wordsworth.

June 11, 2008 - O'Brien, Francis

Fri, Jul 25 2008 Listen
Scott O'Brien, author of Kay Francis, I Can't Wait to Be Forgotten talks with Rosemary about pre-code, the movies, and actress Kay Francis.

May 14, 2008 - Ehret, Beowulfians

Fri, Jul 25 2008 Listen
Rosemary Manchester, Terry Ehret and her "Beowulfians" rediscover the beauty and power of the ancient epic, Beowulf.

April 9, 2008 - Hayward, Records

Fri, Jul 25 2008 Listen
Rosemary Manchester with Clane Hayward on her book The Hypocrisy of Disco and John Records of the Committee on the Shelterless.

March 12, 2008 - Smith, Heglund, Wilson

Fri, Jul 25 2008 Listen
Alexander McCall Smith, Jean Heglund, and JJ Wilson with Rosemary Manchester and Suzanne Lang.

Feb. 13, 2008 - Poniatowska, Martinez, Kikus

Fri, Jul 25 2008 Listen
Celebrated Mexican author, Elena Poniatowska discusses her life and work with Elizabeth Martinez, translator of Lilus Kikus, and host Rosemary Manchester.

Jan. 9, 2008 - Lessing

Fri, Jul 25 2008 Listen
Rosemary Manchester and Jonah Raskin on Doris Lessing.

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