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Bookwaves/Artwaves

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.

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Bookwaves/Artwaves – January 14, 2021: Neil Sheehan – Jan Morris

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01.14.21 - 1:00pm

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Neil Sheehan (1936-2021), journalist, interview about the Cold War, recorded 2009; Jan Morris (1926-2020), travel writer and historian, interview recorded 1999. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – January 7, 2021: Eddie Muller – Barry Lopez

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01.07.21 - 1:00pm

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Noir expert Eddie Muller discusses the newly restored 1951 film version of “Native Son” starring author Richard Wright, followed by a 2000 interview with the late Barry Lopez (1945-2020), co-hosted by Richard A. Lupoff. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – December 31, 2020: Robert Macfarlane – Bill English

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12.31.20 - 1:00pm

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Robert Macfarlane, co-author of “Ghostways,” followed by Bill English, artistic director of SF Playhouse; interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – December 24, 2020: Noel Casler

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12.24.20 - 1:00pm

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Noel Casler is a stand-up comic whose earlier career as a celebrity handler led him to work for six years on “Celebrity Apprentice.” He discusses what he learned about Donald Trump and the Trump family in this hour-long interview with host Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – December 3, 2020: Daniel Handler – Evren Odcikin

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12.03.20 - 1:00pm

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Daniel Handler discusses his most recent novel, Bottle Grove, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival Associate Artistic Director Evren Odcikin talks about the theatre company and the Covid shutdown. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – November 26, 2020: Tommy Orange – John Fisher

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Tommy Orange discusses his novel “There There” about Native Americans in Oakland, and John Fisher of Theatre Rhino talks about how his theater company is dealing with the Covid shutdown. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – November 19, 2020: Nicholas Meyer – Anne McCaffrey

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11.19.20 - 1:00pm

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An interview with Nicholas Meyer, whose latest Sherlock Holmes book, “The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols” just came out in trade paperback, followed by an archive interview with science fiction grand master Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011), recorded in 1992. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – November 12, 2020: Pam MacKinnon – David Grann

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Pam MacKinnon, Artistic Director of A.C.T. discusses how the company has dealt with shutting down its theatres during the Covid pandemic, followed by a 2009 interview with author David Grann discussing his book, “The Lost City of Z.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – November 5, 2020: Joshua Furst – Bill Irwin

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An interview wth Joshua Furst, author of the novel, “Revolutionaries,” a roman a clef about Abbie Hoffman, now out in trade paperback, followed by a 2017 interview with actor Bill Irwin about Samuel Beckett and the one-man show, “On Beckett.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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Bookwaves/Artwaves – October 29, 2020: Richard A. Lupoff – Walter Tevis

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Bookwaves: Tribute to Richard A. Lupoff. A live book review program from July 1992 with Richard A. Lupoff, Richard Wolinsky and Shelley Singer. Artwaves: 1981 archive inteview with Walter Tevis, author of “The Hustler” and “The Queen’s Gambit.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


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