3:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays
Interviews devoted to the arts, focusing on theatre and literature, with side-trips to film and non-fiction narratives. Also on tap: archive interviews from Probabilities and Bookwaves. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Torange Yeghiazarian is the Artistic Director of the Re-Orient Festival, a series of short plays that focus on the Middle East, at Z Below in San Francisco through October 4, 2015. She is also the Artistic Director of Golden Thread Productions, a playwright and director. She speaks with host Richard Wolinsky.
Playwright Craig Lucas discusses his latest work, the libretto for Amelie, a musical playing at Berkeley Rep through October 4th. He also talks about his other work, the librettos for the current hit An American in Paris and an earlier hit, The Light in the Piazza, as well as his work on the screenplay for the film 1989 film about AIDS, Longtime Companion. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Don Winslow is the author of The Cartel, a follow-up to his novel The Power of the Dog, and a thinly fictionalized history of the drug wars in Mexico during the first decade of the 21st Century. Interview concludes on Thursday on Bookwaves. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Alan Furst discusses his latest novel, “Midnight in Europe,” now out in trade paperback, with host Richard Wolinsky.
Archive interview with Patrick Macnee (1922-2015) was the star of the TV series The Avengers during the 1960s. This interview was recorded on September 28, 1989 in the KPFA studios while he was on tour for his memoir, “Blind in One Ear.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff; remastered and re-edited in 2015 by Richard Wolinsky.
Colson Whitehead, author of “The Noble Hustle” and “Zone One” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Richard Wolinsky speaks with Bill English, Artistic Director of S.F. Playhouse in San Francisco.
Gail Sheehy, author of “Daring My Passages,” a memoir, just out in trade paperback, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Martin Amis, author of “The Zone of Interest,” now out in trade paparback, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Ivan Doig (1939-2015). A 1993 interview with the acclaimed writer of the American West, hosted by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff.
