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.
Adam Johnson’s latest collection of stories, Fortune Smiles, just won the 2015 National Book Award. His novel, The Orphan Master’s Son, about life in North Korea, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize. He discusses both books and his career with host Richard Wolinsky.
Cary Elwes, author of “As You Wish”, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. The star of The Princess Bride tells the detailed story of the making of that now-classic film.
Mona Simpson, author of the novel Casebook, now out in trade paperback, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Colum McCann is the author of a new collection of stories, Thirteen Ways of Looking. He talks about the origin of the stories and how they were affected by a mugging he experienced last year. Colum McCann is the author of the modern classic, Let The Great World Spin and the more recent Transatlantic. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, discusses his latest novel, A Strangeness in My Mind, about a poor street vendor in Istanbul from 1969 to 2012 against the backdrop of political and social change in Istanbul. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Second of a two-part interview with John Lahr, former theater critic for The New Yorker magazine, and author of both “Joy Ride,” a collection of his profiles and reviews, and a recent biography of Tennessee Williams. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Part one can be heard on Arts-Waves, Mon. Oct. 26, 3 pm.
Steve Toltz, author of “Quicksand,” the follow-up to Toltz’s Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel, “A Fraction of the Whole.” It is a comedic character study set in Australia that concerns the nature of fear. A tour de force performance with several laugh out loud moments. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
James Grissom, author of “Follies of God; Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog” discusses his book about the great playwright, and how he came to write it. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Paula McLain is the author of a new novel, “Circling The Sun”, about the early life in Kenya of aviatrix and feminist icon Beryl Markham. Markham was the daughter of British colonial expatriates, was a horse-trainer, and was involved in a love triangle with Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen). Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Salman Rushdie’s latest novel is titled ‘Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights.’ He talks about his book, his career, and his life since the fatwa situation died down. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
