Arts/Culture

Novelist Jacqueline E. Luckett: "Searching for Tina Turner"

Airs at: Thu, 02/03/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

The guest is Jacqueline E. Luckett, author of "Searching for Tina Turner." In the novel Lena Harrison Spencer is in her mid-fifties, and the time has come for her to face the hard truths of what it means to have it all and still find oneself unfulfilled. When Lena determ... Read more

William Gibson on Science Fiction and Zero History

Airs at: Thu, 01/27/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Marianne Barisonek interviews William Gibson, whose novel Neuromancer launched the cyberpunk generation. They discuss his latest novel, Zero History. www.williamgibsonbooks.com/ CD-1763 Read more

More Talk Radio on 01/24/11

Airs at: Mon, 01/24/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod talk to Andrew Potter about his book, The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves. Andrew Potter is a public affairs columnist with Maclean's magazine, Canada's premier newsweekly, and a features editor with Canadian Busine... Read more

David Vann on his novel of drama and pathos in Alaska: "Caribou Island"

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with David Vann about his debut novel Caribou Island. Set on a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Caribou Island captures the drama and pathos of a husband and wife whose bitter love, failed dreams, and tragic past ... Read more

Anthony Doerr on his latest book of stories: "Memory Wall"

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host David Naimon speaks with writer Anthony Doerr about his latest book, Memory Wall. Doerr is the author of three other books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, andFour Seasons in Rome. Doerr’s short fiction has won three O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The ... Read more

Between the Covers on 12/30/10

Airs at: Thu, 12/30/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

In part 1 of today's hour long Between the Covers program host Ed Goldberg speaks with Kate Morton, author of "The Distant Hours," a modern gothic, with spooky castle, madness, and a family curse. Kate Morton is the eldest of three sisters. She was born in South Australia ... Read more

Between the Covers on 12/16/10

Airs at: Thu, 12/16/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host David Naimon speaks with Nicole Krauss about her newest novel, The Great House, which tells a story haunted by questions: What do we pass on to our children and how do they absorb our dreams and losses? How do we respond to disappearance, destruction, and change? "The... Read more

More Talk Radio on 12/13/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview James Kloppenberg about his book "Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition." Intellectual historian Kloppenberg says the influences that have shaped Obama's distinctive worldview, include Nietzsche and... Read more

Author Molly Gloss and the Heroines of the American West

Airs at: Tue, 12/14/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Host and producer Dmae Roberts presents an encore broadcast of her Oregon Treasures profile of Portland novelist Molly Gloss. Gloss’ books have shed light on untold stories of women in the American West. Molly Gloss was a finalist the PEN/Faulkner award for American fiction... Read more

Mystery writer Jeffery Deaver discusses "The Burning Wire"

Airs at: Thu, 12/02/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ed Goldberg speaks with mystery writer Jeffery Deaver about his book, The Burning Wire, a thriller about a killer who uses the New York electric grid as a weapon. A former journalist, folksinger and attorney, Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling ... Read more