Bookwaves/Artwaves

01.11.24 - 1:00pm

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Helen Benedict, co-author (with Eyad Awwadawnon) of “Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Helen Benedict is the author of seven novels and five books of non-fiction. Her latest book, “Map of Hope and Sorrow,” co-written by Eyad Awwadawnon, a Syrian refugee who was planning to get a law degree in Damascus, is partly an oral history of refugees coming to Greece after escaping from their home countries, and partly a look at the refugee camps of Greece. Also: Bay Area Theatre in 2023: Best of the Year.

01.04.24 - 1:00pm

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Martin Amis (1949-2023) discussing his book, “The Zone of Interest,” in 2014, a novel set during World War II near a concentration camp, adapted into a recent film.
Amos Oz (1939-2018) discussing his memoir, “A Tale of Love and Darkness”, recorded in 2004, discussing World War II and the birth of Israel.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

12.28.23 - 1:00pm

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Anne Rice, the author of “Interview with the Vampire” and “The Vampire Lestat,” along with several other books, incluing the Mayfair Witches trilogy and “Cry to Heaven,” died of a stroke on December 11, 2021. In this interview recorded in December 2016, she discusses her return to books about Lestat along with her entire career as a writer, with host Richard Wolinsky. Photo: Anne Rice & Richard Wolinsky, 2014.

12.21.23 - 1:00pm

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Alice McDermott, whose latest novel 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.

11.30.23 - 1:00pm

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A.S. Byatt (1936-November 18, 2023), in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky on ​​​​​January 27, 2003 while on tour for the novel, “A Whistling Woman. Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize for her novel “Possession,” and for her two-novella collection, “Angels and Insects,” A.S. Byatt was one of Britain’s most celebrated authors.
Theatre Reviews: Guys and Dolls at SF Playhouse; Harry Clarke at Berkeley Rep.

11.23.23 - 1:00pm

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Jan Morris (1926-2020) was a noted travel writer and historian, and a leading figure in the trans world. This program contains two interviews with Jan Morris, the first from August, 1999 which focuses on her career as a travel writer and historian, and the second from November 2001, recorded during the tour for her book, “Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere.” Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Produced and introduced by host Richard Wolinsky.
Also: Review of “1984” a new adaptation by Michael Gene Sullivan of the novel by George Orwell, at Aurora Theatre Company through December 10, 2023.

11.16.23 - 1:00pm

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Tim O’Brien, whose latest novel is a contemporary satire, “America Fantastica,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded at Book Passage on November 6, 2023. 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”. Also: Review of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage in Berkeley through December 30, 2023.

11.09.23 - 1:00pm

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Nobel Prize winning novelist and screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro, interviewed October, 2000 while on tour for his novel, “When We Were Orphans.” Part two of an interview with Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series of spy novels, about his latest novel, “The Secret Hours.” Review of “Bulrusher” at Berkeley Rep Peets Theatre through December 3, 2023.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

11.02.23 - 1:00pm

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Ben Fountain discusses his latest novel, “Devil Makes Three,” set in Haiti during the coup that overthrew Aristide in 1992. Ben Fountain is the author of the award winning novel “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and a book of reportage on the 2016 election, “Beautiful Country, Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion and Revolution.”