A podcast posted every Sunday featuring extended interviews and discussions from Bookwaves, Art-Waves, and Bookwaves Artwaves Hour programs on KPFA, and newly digitized and edited archive interviews from the pre-digital Probabilities series dating back to 1977. Literature, theater, film, the visual arts: in-depth interviews from a progressive and artistic viewpoint, with long-time KPFA/Pacifica host Richard Wolinsky.
Alice McDermott, whose latest novel is “Absolution,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded December 12, 2023 via zencastr. Alice McDermott is a National Book Award winning novelist, and two of her books have been Pulitzer Prize finalists. “Absolution” concerns the lives of American wives living in Saigon in 1963.
Martin Amis (1949-2023), in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorde in the KPFA studio on a book tour for “The Zone of Interest,” October 29, 2014. “The Zone of Interest” has just been adapted for film for limited release on December 15, 2023 and in national release two months later. Photo: Richard Wolinsky, all rights reserved.
Amos Oz (1939-2018), author of “A Tale of Love and Darkness” and other books, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in San Francisco in November, 2004. Amos Oz, the noted Israeli novelist, short story writer, essayist and peace activist, and perennial Nobel Prize candidate, died on December 28th, 2018 at the age of 79. The author of forty books, he was a firm believer in the two-state solution as the only option for the region. Encore podcast originally posted January 13, 2019. Photo: Creative Commons
R.L. Stine, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded in the KPFA studios on September 22, 1995 during the book tour for the adult novel, “Superstitious.” R.L. Stine is often called the Stephen King of young adult and children’s horror. With nearly 500 books under his belt alongside several film and TV adaptations, he is best known for two series and their later iterations, Fear Street and Goosebumps. Photo: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.
A.S. Byatt (1936-November 18, 2023), in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky on January 27, 2003 while on tour for the novel, “A Whistling Woman. Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize for her novel “Possession,” and for her two-novella collection, “Angels and Insects,” A.S. Byatt was one of Britain’s most celebrated authors.
Tim O’Brien, whose latest novel is a contemporary satire, “America Fantastica,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded at Book Passage on November 6, 2023. The author of ten previous novels, winner of the National Book Award in 1978 for “Going After Cacciato,” and acclaimed for his linked collection of stories about the Vietnam War, “The Things They Carried”.
Kazuo Ishiguro, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded October 6, 2000 while he was on tour for his novel “When We Were Orphans.” The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is recognized today as one of the world’s leading authors. Nominated four times, he won the Booker Prize in 1989 for The Remains of the Day, and was most recently nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for the 2022 film “Living,.”
Margaret Atwood in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded June 10, 2003 while she was on tour for her novel “Oryx and Crake.” The free-wheeling discussion focuses on genetic engineering, fascism, Bush’s invasion of Iraq and other topics. Newly remastered and edited in 2023.
Ben Fountain discusses his latest novel, “Devil Makes Three,” set in Haiti during the coup that overthrew Aristide in 1992. Ben Fountain is the author of the award winning novel “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and a book of reportage on the 2016 election, “Beautiful Country, Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion and Revolution.”
Russell Banks (1940-2023), who died on January 7, 2023, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studios on November 11, 2004 while on tour for his novel, The Darling.
