Special Spring Fund Drive Programming
Today’s Bookwaves/Artwaves is preempted by special fund drive programming.
Bookwaves/Artwaves
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.
Special Spring Fund Drive Programming
Today’s Bookwaves/Artwaves is preempted by special fund drive programming.
Joan Baez discusses her book of poetry, “When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance,” and her career. Ty Burr, former film critic of the Boston Globe, discusses the origins of American celebrity in his book, “Gods Like Us,” in excerpts from an interview recorded in November, 2012. Also: Review of “A Strange Loop” at ACT Toni Rembe Theatre and review of “Blue Door” at Aurora Theatre Company.
Trina Robbins (1938-2024), who died of a stroke on April 10, 2024, discusses her memoir, “Last Girl Standing,” and her career in an interview recorded February 6, 2018.
Robert MacNeil (1931-2024), television anchorman of the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, who died on April 12, 2024, discusses his career in an interview recorded on June 25, 2003. This interview has not been heard in twenty years.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Don Winslow discusses his latest novel, third in a trilogy, and final novel of his career, “City in Ruins.” In an interview from 2016, Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about his novel, “The Sympathizer,” now adapted into a television miniseries. Also: Review of “Tiger Style!” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley through April 28th. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Margot Livesey, author of the novel, “The Road from Belhaven,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Recorded March 19, 2024 at Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, California. Born in Scotland, Margot Livesey is the author of ten novels, including “The Missing World” and “Mercury.” Also: Review of “Tiger Style” at TheatreWorks Mountain View Center for the Arts, through April 28.
Rebecca Makkai discusses her latest novel, “I Have Some Questions for You,” now out in trade paperback. Otessa Moshvegh discusses her career and her short story collection, “Homesick for Another World,” recorded in 2017. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Susan Oxtoby, curator of a retrospective of filmmaker Agnes Varda (1928-2019) at BAMPFA through May 5th, discusses the career of the great Belgian-French director, focusing in on her most important films as well as a new documentary about Varda. Also: Unaired excerpts from a 1992 interview with Broadway composer Burton Lane (!912-1997(, and a review of “The 39 Steps” at San Francisco Playhouse through April 20, 2024. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Photo from “Cleo from 5 to 7″courtesy BAMPFA.
Burton Lane, Broadway and Hollywood composer and sometime lyricist, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, August 17, 1992 in New York. Burton Lane wrote the music for the hit Broadway shows Finian’s Rainbow and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, as well as songs for several films in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, including Royal Wedding. Also: Review of “The Far Country” at Berkeley Rep through April 14, 2024.
David Thomson, film critic and historian, discusses his latest book, “The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film” with host Richard Wolinsky. Author of over forty books, most of which deal with film and film history, David Thomson here discusses how movies have influenced how our society sees and understands war. He is hosting war films at Pacific Film Archive March 20 (They Shall Not Grow Old) and March 27 (1917). Photo from”1917″ courtesy Pacific Film Archive. Also: Review of “Queen” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.