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January 01, 1990 - February 22, 2012 + Bookworm
Shows
Ayad Akhtar: American Dervish 
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120216ayad_akhtar_american
Ayad Akhtar on coming-of-age as a Muslim in Milwaukee. We discuss the nature of cultural understanding and misunderstanding, sexual and spiritual awakening.
Wayne Koestenbaum: Humiliation
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120209wayne_koestenbaum_hu
Most everyone has a skeleton in the closet. Wayne Koestenbaum talks about those gruesome and hideous moments most of us would rather not remember.
Steve Erickson: These Dreams of You
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120202steve_erickson_these
Steve Erickson latest novel seeks to find a haven in the midst of our economic despair and our fears of global catastrophe.
Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120126annie_leibovitz_pilg
Leibovitz's first photo book of objects and landscapes is a triumphant array of iconic images. We talk about her opinions on light, digital imagery and...
Ismet Prcic: Shards
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120119ismet_prcic_shards
This first novel follows the narrator who just happens to be named Ismet Prcic from Bosnia to America, from a radical theater group to a...
Dennis Cooper: The Marbled Swarm
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120112dennis_cooper_the_ma
Dennis Cooper on the inarticulate emotions that underlie the razzle-dazzle of secret corridors, lush language, brutality and desire.
Jonathan Lethem: The Ecstasy of Influence
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120105jonathan_lethem_the_
Autobiographical essays and Jonathan Lethem on his favorite books, spending time with James Brown and the writer's role as public intellectual.
Peter Gizzi: Threshold Songs
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw111229peter_gizzi_threshol
This book of poetry is the product of great grief in Peter Gizzi's life: the death of his mother, his brother and his best friend...
Paul La Farge: Luminous Airplanes
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw111222paul_la_farge_lumino
Paul La Farge on his innovation of the novel form. His new novel, though it is published between covers, only represents one third of the...
Stephen Greenblatt: The Swerve
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw111215stephen_greenblatt_t
The true story of the historical detective whose work uncovered the 1000 year-old poem that shook the early Christian world and marked the beginning of...
Joan Didion: Blue Nights
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw111208joan_didion_blue_nig
After the deaths of husband and daughter, Joan Didion wrote the most personal and poetic book of her impressive career...
Jeffrey Eugenides: The Marriage Plot
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw111201jeffrey_eugenides_th
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides on his new novel, in which he learned to "do" character.
W.S. Merwin: The Shadow of Sirius
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw110303ws_merwin_the_shadow
A rebroadcast of an engaging conversation with our great octogenarian laureate, W.S. Merwin.
Ann Beattie: Mrs. Nixon
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw111117ann_beattie_mrs_nixo
With little known about Pat Nixon, Ann Beattie decided to write a novel in the form of a writer's manual, she used Mrs. Nixon as...
