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.
Bookwaves – December 8, 2011
Tony Horwitz, author of “Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. An extended 43-minute version of this program can be found at www.bookwaves.com
Bookwaves – December 1, 2011
Stephen Greenblatt, author of “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,” winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-Fiction, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. A 43-minute extended version of this interview can be found at www.bookwaves.com
Bookwaves – November 24, 2011
Richard Wolinsky interviews Clark Blaise, author of The Meagre Tarmac and Bharati Mukherjee, author of New Miss India, recorded live at Pegasus Bookstore on Solano Avenue in Berkeley.
Bookwaves – November 10, 2011
Neal Stephenson, author of several best-selling novels that deal with cyber-issues including “Cryptonomicon” and the Baroque Trilogy, talks about his work and about his latest novel, “REAMDE” a thriller that involves a virus in an on-line game. He is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. An extended version of this interview can be found at www.bookwaves.com
Bookwaves – November 3, 2011
Amitav Ghosh discusses the first two novels in his projected Ibis Trilogy, “Sea of Poppies” and “River of Smoke” both dealing with the Opium Wars of the 1830s. He puts them in the perspective of current events in this charming interview with host Richard Wolinsky. An extended version of the program can be found at … Continued
Bookwaves – October 27, 2011
Calvin Trillin, writer for the New Yorker and the Nation, talks about his latest book, “Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin” with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded in front of a live audience as a benefit for KPFA. An extended version of this interview can be found at www.bookwaves.com. A DVD of the entire event can be … Continued
Bookwaves – September 29, 2011
Julie Otsuka, author of the acclaimed novel “The Buddha in the Attic”, the story of Japanese picture brides coming to America, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Bookwaves – September 8, 2011
Previously unaired excerpts from 2011 interviews with Swedish novelist & activist Henning Mankell and New York City Ballet star Jacques d’Amboise. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. The complete interviews can be found at www.bookwaves.com
Bookwaves – September 1, 2011
Gail Collins, New York Times Op-Ed columnist, discusses her book, “When Everything Changed,” about the changes in women’s lives 1960 to the present, out in trade paperback, with host Richard Wolinsky. Rebroadcast from November 2010. The full 61-minute interview can be found at www.bookwaves.com