Alice McDermott, whose latest novel, just out in trade paperback, 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.


Anne Hillerman, whose latest novel is “Lost Birds,” discusses her career as a mystery and a travel writer, and continuing characters created by her father, the late Tony Hillerman.
Caleb Carr (1955-2024), who died May 23, 2024, was a novelist and historian, best known for “The Alienist” and its sequel. He discusses his life and career in this interview from 1997, which has been digitized in 2024 and hasn’t aired in over a quarter century.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Kinky Friedman (1944-2024), musician, satirist, politican and mystery writer, discusses his career in this 1994 interview with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. a
David Grann, author of “The Wager” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” talks about both books, and about his career as a writer with Richard Wolinsky.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Tim O’Brien, whose latest novel is a contemporary satire, “America Fantastica,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. 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”.