A brief orientation to what The Fertile Void is all about.
Mohammad Shehata plays the role of Jack in Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest,” now at the Aurora Theatre through May 19. He is interviewed by KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong.
Cherilyn Parsons, the founder and executive director of the Bay Area Book Festival, talks about the festival with host Richard Wolinsky. The Bay Area Book Festival will be held May 4-5, 2019 throughout venues within walking distance in downtown Berkeley.
Dave Eggers discusses his latest novel, “The Parade” with host Richard Wolinsky.T he author of several works of fiction and non-fiction, Dave Eggers is best known for the memoir “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the founder of McSweeney’s publishing house in San Francisco, and is an acclaimed journalist who writes for The Guardian and elsewhere.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The New Musical”, at SHN Golden Gate Theatre through May 12, 2019.
George R.R. Martin, recorded in 1991, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky & Richard A. Lupoff. As Game of Thrones enters its final season, we can look back on the career of George R.R. Martin, to the days before his fantasy series was published, when he was best known as a writer for television, though he’d already written novels and short stories.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Jungle” by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, at the Curran Theater through May 18, 2019.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “In Old Age,” a world premiere play by Mfoniso Udofia, at the Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center in San Francisco through April 21, 2019
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Actually” by Anna Ziegler, at Aurora Theatre Harry’s Upstage through May 5, 2019.
Tommy Orange is the author of the acclaimed novel “There There,” set in the Native American community in Oakland. He is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.