1:00 PM: Thursdays
Bookwaves/Artwaves presents in-depth interviews with authors of fiction and narrative non-fiction, delving deeply into political and social issues, literary technique, and the life of the author, along with interviews devoted to theatre and film, and archive interviews from Bookwaves and Probabilities. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Compoer/lyricist Paul Gordon, whose latest show, a new musical version of Jane Austen’s “Sense & Sensibility” is now playing at TheatreWorks Palo Alto, discusses his career and his show, followed by Part One of a two part interview with film director Wayne Wang (“Chan is Missing,” “Smoke”) discussing his early career. Also: Review of “Dot” by Colman Domingo, now playing at New Conservatory Theater Center in San Francisco. Hosted by Richad Wolinsky.
Bookwaves/Artwaves is pre-empted today for the Fund Drive, and returns at this time on March 17, 2021 with new interviews with filmmaker Wayne Wang and composer/lyricist Paul Gordon. Program page has updated bookstore and live theater links.
Bookwaves/Artwaves is pre-empted today for special fund drive programming.
Bookwaves/Artwaves is pre-empted today for special fund drive programming.
Wil Haygood talks about his book “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World,” followed by a discussion with Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse, and director of the current production, “Heroes of the Fourth Turning.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Joseph Hansen (1923-2004), gay pioneer in the field of detective fiction, whose books are now coming back into print, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded in 1990.
Singer/songwriter Janis Ian, whose most recent album, which she says is her last solo studio work, came out last month, talking with Richard Wolinsky about her memoir, “Society’s Child,” recorded in 2008.
Theater Review: “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” at San Francisco Playhouse.
Art Spiegelman discusses MAUS and the role of comics in education in this 2000 interview with the late Richard A. Lupoff. Honoring Black History Month: A 1983 interview with the late Octavia Butler, with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Plus: Reviews of “Freestyle Love Supreme” at ACT’s Geary Theater and “Swept Away” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theater. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Noted noir and detective fiction writer Andrew Vachss, who died on December 27, 2021, discusses his work in this archive interview from 1991. That’s followed by an interview Charles Yu, author of the 2020 National Book Award winnter for fiction, “Interior Chinatown,” who talks about his book and his career. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Kathy Geritz, film curator for Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, discusses the films of Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambety (1945-1998), followed by a 2003 interview with novelist and essayist Joan Didion (1934-2021). Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Itamar Moses, playwright and librettist for “The Band’s Visit,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded January 10, 2021. Itamar Moses has written several plays, including “Yellowjackets,” which was performed in 2008 at Berkeley Rep, and the books for three musicals. He won a Tony Award for “The Band’s Visit,” which plays at SF Broadway’s Golden Gate Theater through February 6, 2021.
