From debut authors to Pulitzer Prize winners, Writers on Writing tackles a little of everything — novels, short stories, memoir, poetry, and more, as well as interviews with agents and publishers.
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EPISODES
(2001 - present)
Gary Phillips, Susan Straight, Naomi Hirahara
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(Broadcast date: Jun 11, 2008)
Naomi Epel
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(Broadcast date: Dec 09, 1998)
Noir on tomorrow's show
Tomorrow, Weds. June 11, for the entire hour, we'll have three authors--Naomi Hirahara, Gary Phillips, and Susan Straight--talking about noir. I'm excited!
Naomi is the author of the Mas Arai mystery novels and the noir short story: "Number 19." Gary is the author of the Ivan Monk and Martha Chainey series, and a lot of short stories including the noir story "Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave." Susan is a novelist ("Highwire Moon" was a National Book Award nominee), and the noir short story: "The Golden Gopher," which won an Edgar. All three of the stories highlighted above are in the collection: "los angeles noir," published by Akashic Books.
Tune in at 9 a.m. Pacific at 88.9 FM KUCI or listen on iTunes. Eventually the show will be podcast and you'll find it here.
Lisa See
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(Broadcast date: Dec 16, 1998)
Keith Snyder
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(Broadcast date: Oct 21, 1998)
Noreen Ayres
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(Broadcast date: Dec 30, 1998)
MJ Rose and Lillian Moats
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(Broadcast date: Feb 03, 2002)
Mary Roach and Cathleen Schine
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(Broadcast date: May 7, 2008)
Dennis McDougal
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(Broadcast date: Mar 05, 2008)
Charles Bock and Manil Suri
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(Broadcast date: Mar 26, 2008)
Charles Baxter and Marya Hornbacher
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(Broadcast date: Apr 02, 2008)
Tobias Woolf and John Burnham Schwartz
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(Broadcast date: Apr 23, 2008)
Elizabeth Berg
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(Broadcast date: Apr 30, 2008)
Mireille Guiliano and Theo Pauline Nestor
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(Broadcast date: April 16, 2008)
Samantha Hunt and Stephen Snyder
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(Broadcast date: Mar 12, 2008)
Julie Smith
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(Broadcast date: Nov 11, 1998)
Arielle Eckstut
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(Broadcast date: Nov 08, 2001)
Eloise Klein-Healy
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(Broadcast date: Nov 18, 1998)
Albert Zuckerman
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(Broadcast date: May 30, 2002)