Kirsten Menger-Anderson and Jennifer Traig

Marrie Stone interviews Kirsten Menger-Anderson, author of Doctor Olaf Van Schuler's Brain and Jennifer Traig, author of Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria.

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(Broadcast date: November 19, 2008)

Lisa See and Jacquelyn Mitchard

Marrie Stone interviews Lisa See, author of Peony in Love and Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of All We Know of Heaven.

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(Broadcast date: June 25, 2008)

Janice Y.K. Lee and Silvia Sellers Garcia on Wednesday, January 14

This week, co-host Marrie Stone will be joined by Janice Y.K. Lee, author of The Piano Teacher (Viking, 2009) and Silvia Sellers Garcia, author of When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep (Riverhead Books).

Tune in Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. PT at 88.9 FM, KUCI, listen live at www.kuci.org, or go to iTunes and listen via public radio.

Past shows can be heard at http://penonfire.blogspot.com.

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Official White House photographer Pete Souza

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Pete Souza, author of The Rise of Barack Obama.

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(Broadcast date: December 17, 2008)

Peter Ferry, Anne Roiphe and Heather King

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Peter Ferry, author of Travel Writing, Anne Roiphe, author of Epilogue: A Memoir and Heather King, author of Redeemed: A Spiritual Misfit Stumbles Toward God, Marginal Sanity, and the Peace That Passes All Understanding.

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(Broadcast date: October 29, 2008)

Laurence Gonzales and John Demos

Marrie Stone interviews Laurence Gonzales, author of Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things and John Demos, author of The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World.

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(Broadcast date: October 15, 2008)

"Writers on Writing" Holiday Show

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone are joined by The Green Room in a special Holiday episode of Writers on Writing. Enjoy music and readings by the cast and crew of the show.

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(Broadcast date: December 24, 2008)

Preeta Samarasan and Dan Ariely

Marrie Stone interviews Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening is the Whole Day and Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.

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(Broadcast date: August 6, 2008)

David Francis and Jon Fasman

Marrie Stone interviews David Francis, author of Stray Dog Winter and Jon Fasman, author of The Unpossessed City.

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(Broadcast date: December 3, 2008)

Julia Glass

Julia Glass, author of I See You Everywhere.

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(Broadcast date: December 10, 2008)

Linda Pastan, Martha Serpas and Lisa Williams

Marrie Stone moderates a poetry panel with Linda Pastan, author of Queen of a Rainy Country, Martha Serpas, author of The Dirty Side of the Storm, and Lisa Williams, author of Woman Reading to the Sea.

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(Broadcast date: November 5, 2008)

Stephen Baker and Padma Viswanathan

Marrie Stone interviews Stephen Baker, author of The Numerati and Padma Viswanathan, author of The Toss of a Lemon

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(Broadcast date: October 1, 2008)

Melissa Bank

Melissa Bank, author of The Wonder Spot.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 26, 2008) 

Sam Greengard

Sam Greengard, author of AARP Crash Course in Finding the Work You Love.

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(Broadcast date: Nov-12-2008) 

Robert Masello

Robert Masello, author of A Friend in the Business: Honest Advice for Anyone Trying to Break into Television Writing.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 09, 2000)

Marvin Bell and John Morgan Wilson

Marvin Bell, author of Nightworks: Poems 1962-2000 and John Morgan Wilson, author of The Limits of Justice.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 02, 2000)

Rochelle Krich and Dennis Palumbo

Rochelle Krich, author of Dead Air: A Jessie Drake Mystery and Dennis Palumbo, author of Writing From The Inside Out.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 26, 2000)

Billy Collins

Poet Billy Collins, author of Questions About Angels: Poems.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 18, 2001)

Betsy Amster and Jackie Green

"Before and After The Book Deal" - Literary agent, Betsy Amster and book publicist, Jackie Green.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 23, 2000)

Maxine O'Callaghan

Maxine O'Callaghan, author of Down for the Count: A Delilah West Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 29, 1999)