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.
Tony Horwitz (1958 – May 27, 2019) discusses his most recent book, “Spying on the South” with host Richard Wolinsky. Recorded May 17, 2019 at the start of his book tour. The book follows the path of the creator of Central Park, Frederick Law Olmstead, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Mexican border.
Lisa See, whose latest novel is “The Island of Sea Women,” about the relationship between two women on South Korea’s Jeju Island, and about the culture and history of a place where gender roles were traditionally reversed. She is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Richard Powers, whose latest novel,”The Overstory,” winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. The author of “The Time of Our Singing” and “The Echo Maker” delves into the world of eco-terrorism and the secret life of trees in this epic story.
Cherilyn Parsons, the founder and executive director of the Bay Area Book Festival, talks about the festival with host Richard Wolinsky. The Bay Area Book Festival will be held May 4-5, 2019 throughout venues within walking distance in downtown Berkeley.
Dave Eggers discusses his latest novel, “The Parade” with host Richard Wolinsky. The author of several works of fiction and non-fiction, Dave Eggers is best known for the memoir “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the founder of McSweeney’s publishing house in San Francisco, and is an acclaimed journalist who writes for The Guardian and elsewhere.
John Lanchester, whose latest novel is “The Wall,” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. John Lanchester is a novelist and essayist who has written for The London Review of Books, the Guardian and other publications.
Tommy Orange is the author of the acclaimed novel “There There,” set in the Native American community in Oakland. He is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), interviewed in 1991 by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. In 1991, while on tour for his collection of essays, “Fates Worse Than Death,” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. stopped in the KPFA studios to speak with the hosts of the “Probabilities” program about his work, his career, and his feelings about life and politics. March 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of :”Slaughterhouse-Five.”
Brian Garfield, who died on December 29, 2018, one month shy of his eightieth birthday, wrote at least sixty-five novels, most of them westerns, three collections of short stories, three books of non-fiction and several works for film and television. Though writing mostly in the western genre, he is best known for the revenge novel Death Wish, which became a hit movie starring Charles Bronson in 1974. Recorded in 1983 with interviewers Richard Wolinsky, Richard A. Lupoff and Lawrence Davidson.
Barry Eisler, whose latest novel is “The Killer Collective,” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. Barry Eisler spent three years in the CIA before leaving to become a lawyer and novelist. Bringing together his protagonists, an assassin named John Rain and a detective named Livia Lone in one book, he examines the relationship of government to mercenary outsourcing, along with governmental cover-ups.
