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.
Denny talks with psychologist ans author Matthew McKay, who was clinical director of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services for 25 years. He is currently a Professor at Berkeley Wright Institute and has published his first novel titled “Wawona Hotel.” It is a psychological thriller set near Yosemite Valley that pits the ability to read the emotions … Continued
Richard Kluger, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1997 for his book on the tabacco industry "Ashes to Ashes," talks with Denny about his latest book, just released in paperback. "Seizing Destiny," the story on how this country assembled it’s territories, regarless of who objected.
Annie Barrows, “The Guernsey Literacy and Potato Pie Society: A Novel.”Annie Barrows, co-author with Mary Ann Shaffer (who died this past February), talks with Denny about this novel that become a huge critical success months before it was published. Listen in and find out why. Elaine Petrocelli, owner of Book Passage, join the discussion to … Continued
Nancy Ellis-Bell “The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog.” A one-legged macaw named Peg-Leg, soon renamed Sarah, takes over the lives of author Ellis-Bell and her husband, slowly transforming their house into a bird cage. Listen and laugh about the ups and downs and ups as this cast of characters learns to live together.
Roberta Llewellyn “Straight to the Heart: A Novel.”Environmental writer and former KPFA employee and radio journalist Roberta Llewellyn talks with Denny about his first novel about the romantic involvement of a photographer who is an African-American Vietnam veteran and the mature passionate woman who lives in the Bay Area.
Ishmael Reed, "Mixing it up, Taking on the Media Bullies, and Other Reflections." A collection of 21 essays, subjects ranging from music to poltics to his own family, guides the conversation the always interesting and challenging Ishmael Reed and host Denny Smithson.
