Search Results
1000 Search Results found for: 1000+ results found. Please refine your search.
January 01, 1990 - May 05, 2012 + Bookworm
Shows
Peter Behrens: The O'Briens 
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120503peter_behrens_the_ob
Peter Behrens on his epic family saga, a compelling tale of Irish immigration during the first half of the twentieth century.
Heidi Julavits: The Vanishers
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120426heidi_julavits_the_v
Heidi Julavits on female rivalry and the psychic bonds between mothers and daughters in her imaginative new novel.
William H. Gass: Life Sentences
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120419william_h_gass_life_
Eighty-seven-year-old, William Gass discusses his new book of essays on the art of crafting words into prose.
Krys Lee: Drifting House
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120412krys_lee_drifting_ho
Krys Lee on her collection of short stories about immigrants leading two lives: the ones they left behind, and new lives they can't quite inhabit.
Jeanette Winterson: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120405jeanette_winterson_w
Jeanette Winterson on her new memoir that details how she survived being adopted by a dominating and wildly eccentric Pentecostal mother.
Moshe Kasher: Kasher in the Rye
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120329moshe_kasher_kasher_
The true tale of a white boy from Oakland who became a drug addict, criminal,
mental patient, and then turned 16.
Edward St. Aubyn: The Patrick Melrose Novels (Part 2)
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120322edward_st_aubyn_the_
Edward St. Aubyn on his a five-book series, The Patrick Melrose Novels. (Part 2 of 2)
Edward St. Aubyn: The Patrick Melrose Novels (Part 1)
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120315edward_st_aubyn_the_
Edward St. Aubyn on his a five-book series, The Patrick Melrose Novels. (Part 1 of 2)
Ben Marcus: The Flame Alphabet
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120308ben_marcus_the_flame
What if language turned on its human users? Ben Marcus his novel, a dark story about language and the breakdown of language.
Jonathan Lethem and Steve Erickson: The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120301jonathan_lethem_and_
Jonathan Lethem and Steve Erickson discuss science fiction-prophet, writer Philip K Dick.
Edmund White: Jack Holmes and His Friend
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw120223edmund_white_jack_ho
Can a gay man and a straight man be friends? Edmund White explores the gay-straight axis in Jack Holmes & His Friend.
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.
