Excerpts of interviews with Leonard Nimoy and Gore Vidal. Special guest Quincy McCoy and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Bookwaves on Cover to Cover
3:00 PM Pacific Time: Thursdays
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. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, author of “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” discusses her true story of the Fukuhara family from Hiroshima and Seattle, split between the U.S. and Japan before, during and shortly after World War II. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky
February 4, 2016: Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane is the author of such novels as Mystic River and Shutter Island. His latest novel, World Gone By, was released this January in trade paper, Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
January 28, 2016: Janice Y.K. Lee, John Fisher, Rick Moody
Janice Y.K. Lee discusses her new novel, The Expatriates, set in Hong Kong. John Fisher, artistic director of Theatre Rhino discusses a new production of Noel Coward’s play, A Song at Twilight and an upcoming production of Present Laughter, and Part two of an interview with Rick Moody, author of Hotels of North America. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Rick Moody is the author of several novels, the most recent of which is Hotels of North America, a series of fictional on-line reviews about hotels and places where people sleep. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
David Gans and Blair Jackson, authors of This Is All A Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead, are interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.
Jane Smiley, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel A Thousand Acres, discusses her latest work, The Last Hundred Years trilogy, which consists of three novels, Some Luck, Early Warning and Golden Age. She is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
December 31, 2015: Lee Grant
Oscar-winning actress and director Lee Grant, author of the memoir, I Said Yes to Everything, discusses her career, and her time on the blacklist with host Richard Wolinsky. Recorded in San Francisco, August 1, 2015.
Rebroadcast. An extended version of this interview can be found at Radio Wolinsky 1: Lee Grant.
Paul Theroux’s latest travel book is Deep South. Over the course of four seasons, Theroux traveled through the back roads of America’s South, mostly avoiding cities but hopping from small town to small town in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and the Carolinas, seeing the vast poverty and hopelessness of a forgotten region of the United States. He discusses his travels, and also his latest collection of short stories, Mr. Bones, with host Richard Wolinsky.
Top Ten Best Books and Theater of 2015
Everyone is doing a top ten list at the end of the year. Here’s my list for the best books and best theater experiences of the past year, in no particular order. – Richard Wolinsky Non-fiction GHETTOSIDE by Jill Leovy IN MANCHURIA by Michael Mayer FOLLIES OF GOD by James Grisson IT’S WHAT I DO by Lynsey … Continued