Writerscast - Author Interviews
John Oakes: The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without
The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without—John Oakes—Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster—Hardcover —9781668017418—320 pages—$30—February 13, 2024—ebook versions available at lower prices If you’re expecting to find... [Listen to this podcast]
Chris Yogerst: The Warner Brothers
The Warner Brothers by Chris Yogerst, Foreword by Michael Uslan – University Press of Kentucky – Hardcover – 9780813198019 – 360 pages – $34.95 -September 5, 2023. eBook and audio book versions are also available at lower prices. My grandfather,... [Listen to this podcast]
Chris Jones: The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality
The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality – Chris Jones – Foreword by Tom Philpott – Ice Cube Press – 9781948509404 – 400 pages – $29.99 – June 1, 2023 When I saw the title of this book, I knew... [Listen to this podcast]
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Publishing Talks Interview with Jane Friedman of Hot Sheet
Publishing Talks began first as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It was great fun talking with people in the book industry about the... [Listen to this podcast]
Publishing Talks: An Interview with Shouvik Paul of CopyLeaks
Publishing Talks began as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. I’ve spent time talking with people in the book industry about how publishing... [Listen to this podcast]
Publishing Talks: Interview with Josh Schwartz of Pubvendo
Publishing Talks began as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. I’ve spent time talking with people in the book industry about how publishing... [Listen to this podcast]
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Maureen Owen and Barbara Henning reading in Tucson, Arizona
What a great trip! Starting January 18, 2019, with a reading at McNally Jackson Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York, poets Maureen Owen and Barbara Henning, started a cross country journey together (you can view their trip itinerary here). Appropriately, their story and journey... [Listen to this podcast]
Gordon Ball reading from ’66 Frames
’66 Frames – Gordon Ball – Coffee House Press – 9781566890823 – paperback – 320 pages – $15.95 Allen Ginsberg, who helped Ball with some of the research for his book, once remarked on Ball’s vantage point: From city and country... [Listen to this podcast]
Clara Bingham reading from Witness to the Revolution
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul 9780812993189 – Random House – Hardcover – $30 I interviewed Clara Bingham about her terrific and important book, Witness to the Revolution for Writerscast.... [Listen to this podcast]
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Publisher and editor John O’Brien has died
Old friend and colleague John O’Brien, founder of Review of Contemporary Fiction and Dalkey Archive Press passed away on November 21st. John and I had many mutual friends in literature and similar tastes and interests, and his vision of writing and books led me to learn... [Read this article]
Writer and editor Richard Marek has died.
Dick Marek was a legendary book editor and later an extremely successful writer and ghost writer. He lived in Westport, Connecticut with his second wife, the writer and therapist, Dalma Heyn. I had the honor to interview Dick for Writerscast in 2015, in which he talked at... [Read this article]
Joy Harjo has been named U.S. Poet Laureate
Congratulations to Muscogee Creek Nation poet Joy Harjo who has been appointed the Poet Laureate for the United States, succeeding Tracy K. Smith. Joy is a poet, writer and musician whose work has inspired for many years. She is fearless in her work, unflinching in her approach... [Read this article]
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