Colum McCann, whose latest novel is Apeirogon, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Apeirogon is the story of two men, Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, and Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian, best of friends, who have been traveling the world attempting to bring about peace in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Apeirogon is only tangentially a novel. These are real people and this reads more like augmented non-fiction.
Terrence McNally, who died on March 24, 2020 of complications from Covid-19, was one of America’s most successful and influential playwrights and librettists. In this 2004 interview, he discusses his techniques and his personal history with Richard Wolinsky.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky updates the state of Bay Area theatre and gives a listing of on-line streaming theatre, both local and national.
Thank you for supporting KPFA on our 73rd Birthday! Enjoy this historic recording of Paul Robeson interviewed by KPFA program director Elsa Knight Thompson & Harold Winkler (president of the Pacifica Foundation), on his life and work from 1958. Robeson speaks candidly with them about his life and work, growing up in Princeton, New Jersey … Continued
Aired on Up Front on Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Photo: ReadingReed43 via Wikipedia Commons)
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her collection of short stories, “Verge.” The author of novels, essays, a memoir and short stories, Lidia Yuknavitch details life of people on the margins of society. In conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
The legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim celebrated his ninetieth birthday on March 22, 2020. In this interview recorded in November 2011 at his townhouse in New York City for “Look! I Made a Hat!: the second volume of his collection of essays, he discusses his later works and his career with host Richard Wolinsky.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky discusses theatre closings, streaming plays by Bay Area theatre companies, and theatre you can watch on-line, including how to watch shows from Berkeley Rep, ACT and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
Eric Ting, director of “Gloria” a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, which runs at ACT’s Strand Theatre through April 12, 2020, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Katya Cengel, whose latest book is a memoir, “From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union,” is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. She talks about her life in Ukraine and Latvia as a reporter in the years just before and after 9/11, and how these countries were affected by the fall of the Soviet Union.
