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Connie Alvarez Kcrw Staff/Producer

Connie Alvarez

Acting Publicity Director & Communications Marketing Manager; Producer, 'Bookworm'

KCRW Communications Marketing Manager; producer of KCRW's Bookworm and former producer of Good Food

FROM Connie Alvarez

Arundhati Roy: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Arundhati Roy: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Trained as an architect, Roy reveals that she structured her novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness like an Indian metropolis where ancient neighborhoods collide with modern urban planning.

Jul 27, 2017

Jim Gauer: Novel Explosives

Jim Gauer: Novel Explosives Quantum physics, the theory of relativity, and the miracle of the solar system fuel Novel Explosives, Jim Gauer’s ambitious and challenging novel.

28 MIN, 31 SEC Jul 20, 2017

Joshua Cohen: Moving Kings

Joshua Cohen: Moving Kings In the family novel, Moving Kings, Joshua Cohen weaves together the tragedy of Israeli occupation with an American housing crisis.

28 MIN, 30 SEC Jul 13, 2017

Peter Cole: Hymns & Qualms

Peter Cole: Hymns & Qualms Poet and translator Peter Cole reveals that his intention is to yoke together beauty and terror in his new book Hymns & Qualms: New and Selected Poems and Translations.

28 MIN, 29 SEC Jul 06, 2017

Zachary Mason: Void Star

Zachary Mason: Void Star Zachary Mason insists that Void Star is not cyber-punk Although it is set more than 100 years in the future during climate catastrophe, he describes the novel as literary fiction that uses science fiction and genre elements.

28 MIN, 29 SEC Jun 29, 2017

Alan Felsenthal: Lowly

Alan Felsenthal: Lowly Alan Felsenthal's first book of poetry, Lowly, moves in the direction of the visionary, the mystical and the metaphysical.

28 MIN, 28 SEC Jun 22, 2017

Yiyun Li: Dear Friend, from My Life, I Write to You in Your Life

Yiyun Li: Dear Friend, from My Life, I Write to You in Your Life Written about a time when she was hospitalized for depression, Yiyun Li's Dear Friend, from My Life, I Write to You in Your Life is a combination of memoir and essay. She believes that cherished writers saved her from sorrow and suicidal ideation.

28 MIN, 29 SEC Jun 15, 2017

Colm Tóibín: House of Names

Colm Tóibín: House of Names In his novel House of Names, Colm Tóibín finds, in adapting Greek tragedy, a home for all of his old concerns and room for new ones, too.

28 MIN, 29 SEC Jun 08, 2017

Claudio Magris: Blameless

Claudio Magris: Blameless In Claudio Magris' Blameless, a museum of the implements of war and destruction is created to inspire peace. But this conversation is not just about war and peace.

28 MIN, 19 SEC Jun 01, 2017

Morgan Parker: There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé

Morgan Parker: There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé Morgan Parker says that the poems in her book There Are Things More Beautiful than Beyonce take a stand against the clichés of the dominant culture.

28 MIN, 29 SEC May 25, 2017

Brad Gooch: Rumi's Secret

Brad Gooch: Rumi's Secret Biographer Brad Gooch reveals that he traveled 2500 miles to trace Rumi's footsteps, learned Persian and spent eight years to write Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love.

28 MIN, 28 SEC May 18, 2017

Richard Bausch: Living in the Weather of the World

Richard Bausch: Living in the Weather of the World Has the feeling of doom become our weather? If so, Richard Bausch says he contends with contemporary life by writing about people coping with loss and sorrow.

28 MIN, 28 SEC May 11, 2017

Ron Padgett: Motor Maids across the Continent

Ron Padgett: Motor Maids across the Continent Poet Ron Padgett reveals that in the 1960s, he found a dusty novel in a Manhattan bookstore. Originally written for teenage girls during World War I, Padgett has been playfully rewriting it ever since.

28 MIN, 29 SEC May 04, 2017

Steven Moore: My Back Pages

Steven Moore: My Back Pages Steven Moore has gathered his book reviews and essays that take us from the Beats and the Fifties to practically yesterday or even tomorrow.

28 MIN, 29 SEC Apr 27, 2017

Julian Talamantez Brolaski: Of Mongrelitude

Julian Talamantez Brolaski: Of Mongrelitude Talamantez Brolaski is trans-gender and describes himself as a multi-gendered, racial and linguistic mongrel. His poems chart a journey out of pain, confusion and darkness into a visionary state.

28 MIN, 28 SEC Apr 20, 2017

Elif Batuman: The Idiot

Elif Batuman: The Idiot Selin, the heroine of Batuman’s autobiographical first novel, The Idiot, is an 18-year-old Harvard freshman of Turkish-American descent. Set in 1995, the novel observes the rise of internet culture.

28 MIN, 28 SEC Apr 13, 2017

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Why did Jared Kushner want a back channel with Russians? News broke Friday that President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, tried setting up a back channel between the Trump transition team and the Russian government. What are the consequences for Kushner, President Trump, and the investigation into Russian meddling?

50 MIN, 52 SEC May 30, 2017

Guy Ritchie: King Arthur

Guy Ritchie: King Arthur EXCLUSIVE PODCAST: Director Guy Ritchie stops by to discuss retelling lore his way in King Arthur.

28 MIN, 43 SEC May 26, 2017

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Terrorism in London: Lessons for the US This weekend’s terrorist attack in London left seven people dead and almost 50 injured. London police fatally shot the attackers, and ISIS claimed responsibility.

50 MIN, 57 SEC Jun 05, 2017

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What did Trump accomplish on his first trip abroad? President Trump is wrapping up his Mideast and European tour. We find out what he has accomplished -- good and bad -- and look at what he faces when he comes home.

51 MIN, 33 SEC May 26, 2017