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.
Richard Price discusses his acclaimed novel "Lush Life," as well as his work on the TV show "The Wire" with host Richard Wolinsky. An extended version of the interview can be found at www.bookwaves.com
Mary Doria Russell discusses her latest novel, "Dreamers of the Day," which takes place during the Cairo Peace Conference of 1922, when the modern Middle East was born, and features as characters Lawrence of Arabia and Winston Churchill. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Scott Heim, whos latest novel is "We Disappear", discusses his career and the successful film version of his first novel, "Mysterious Skin."
James McBride, author of the novel “Song Yet Sung” and the acclaimed memoir, “The Color of Water,” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Sue Miller, author of the new best selling novel "The Senator’s Wife" discusses her work and her career with host RichardWolinsky.
Peter Carey, Booker Prize winning Australian author of such novels as "Oscar and Lucinda", "The True History of the Kelly Gang" and "Jack Maggs", returns with a new novel, "His Illegal Self", set in the 1970s and about a young woman who gets mixed up with radicals and escapes to Australia. He is interviewed by … Continued
Ann Packer, author of the novel The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, discusses her latest novel Songs Without Words, with host Richard Wolinsky.
Richard Wolinsky interviews John Burnham Schwartz, author of a new novel, "The Commoner," which takes readers inside the lives of the Japanese royal family from the end of World War II to the present day, and is based in part on interviews with people close to them. Schwartz is also the author of the highly … Continued
Anthony Lewis, author of <i>Freedom for the Thought That We Hate</i>.
An interview with David Rieff, author of "Swimming in a Sea of Death".Both a memoir and an investigation, "Swimming in a Sea of Death" is David Rieff’s loving tribute to his mother, the writer Susan Sontag, and her final battle with cancer. Rieff’s brave, passionate, and unsparing witness of the last nine months of her … Continued
