KATRINA REVISITED 2008-09-06 12:29:08This week we interview two authors of two very different books about Hurricane Katrina. We talk to Ian McNulty about his new book, A Season of Night: New Orleans Life After Katrina, and we talk to Kirby Larson about her children's book, Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival.
Interviews:
Ian McNulty, A Season of Night: New Orleans Life After Katrina
Kirby Larson, Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
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A CONVERSATION WITH KEN WELLS 2008-09-06 11:35:18This week we talk to Ken Wells about his newest release, The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous.
Interview:
Ken Wells, The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous
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WORLD WAR II 2008-08-22 18:45:50We interview Richard Chardkoff, an author from Monroe, Louisiana who is well-known for his previous book Sol's Story, about his lastest book World War II Aerial Navigation Training & The Flyboy Heroes of Selman Field.
Interview:
Richard Chardkoff, The Flyboy Heroes of Selman Field
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LANE SMITH REDUX 2008-08-06 16:44:05Today we talk to author Lane Smith, who is well-known for several of his childrens books. Today we focus on his latest book, Madam President.
Interview:
Lane Smith, Madam President
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A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN DUFRESNE 2008-07-30 18:24:42We interview author John Dufresne, who is well-known for several of his books including Louisiana Power & Light, Deep in the Shade of Paradise, Johnny Too Bad, and more. His latest novel is Requiem, Mass.
Interview:
John Dufresne, Requiem, Mass.
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ENCORE NONFICTION 2008-07-30 18:21:10We return to earlier shows featuring authors of excellent nonfiction books.
Interviews:
Monte Burke, Sowbelly
Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters That the Rest of Y'all Should Know Too
Dan Koeppel, Banana
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ENCORE FICTION 2008-07-30 18:18:32This week we return to earlier shows featuring Betsy Carter, Ted Kerasote, and Rosemary Poole-Carter.
Interviews:
Betsy Carter, Swim to Me
Ted Kerasote, Merle's Door
Rosemary Poole-Carter, Women of Magdalene
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A CONVERSATION WITH JULIA REED 2008-07-09 18:11:04We interview Julia Reed, author of Queen of the Turtle Derby, about her new book which is a memoir set in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Interview:
Julia Reed, The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story
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LADY LIBERTY 2008-07-02 18:40:29This week we talk to the author and illustrator of a great children's book out this summer.
Interviews:
Matt Tavares, Lady Liberty
Doreen Rappaport, Lady Libery
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A CONVERSATION WITH KATHI APPELT 2008-06-25 19:06:27This week we talk to the author of one of the top young adult books out this summer. We also suggest some summer books.
Interviews:
Betsy Burton, The King's English
Kathi Appelt, The Underneath
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SUMMER FICTION 2008-06-18 18:51:45This week we present encore interviews with two authors whose books were released last summer.
Interviews:
Deirdre McNamer, Red Rover
Robert Olmstead, Coal Black Horse
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SMALL TOWN SECRETS 2008-06-11 18:08:05Today our guests are fiction writers, novelists whose books have at their center the kinds of secrets that hold small towns together and, occasionally, tear them apart.
Interviews:
Virginia Boyd, One Fell Swoop
DeLaune' Michel, The Safety of Secrets
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OH, THOSE TEENAGERS 2008-06-08 10:56:15This week on our monthly show featuring books for children and teens, we'll talk to two authors of young adult novels.
Interviews:
Steve Kluger, My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park - Kluger's earlier novels, including Last Days of Summer, were written for adults but found their way to the young adult audience. Now he has written a novel for teenagers.
Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Princess Ben - Murdock's earlier young adult novels include Dairy Queen and its sequel, The Off Season.
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COMING OF AGE IN AMERICA 2008-06-07 12:54:26This week we interview two authors who came of age in America during the 1960s, poet David Kirby and novelist Keith Maillard.
Interviews:
David Kirby, The House on Boulevard St.
Keith Maillard, Difficulty at the Beginning: Running, Morgantown, Lyndon Johnson and the Majorettes, Looking Good
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BOOK GROUP BOOKS 2008-05-21 18:36:59Today on our show we talk about good selections for book group discussions, and we interview the author of a new novel that is a perfect Fathers Day gift.
Interview:
Howard Bahr, Pelican Road
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ENCORE ELISE BLACKWELL 2008-05-14 17:59:33This week we present an encore of our interview from 2007 with Elise Blackwell. Her book The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish, set during the 1927 Mississippi River flood, has just been released in paperback by Unbridled Books. The publisher has also re-released Hunger, Blackwell's first novel, set during the siege of Leningrad, which was previously out of print.
Interview:
Elise Blackwell, The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish and Hunger
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A FANCY PAIR 2008-05-07 18:06:33This week our guests are the two women who have brought one of the most beloved children's book characters in recent years to life. The two are the author and illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series of picture books published by HarperCollins.
Interviews:
Robin Preiss Glasser, Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly and Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words
Jane O'Connor, Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly and Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words
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A CONVERSATION WITH LEIF ENGER 2008-04-30 18:02:30This week we devote our show to a conversation with the author of Peace Like a River. His new book has just been released by Grove Atlantic Press.
Interview:
Leif Enger, So Brave, Young, and Handsome
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SOUTHERN FLAVOR 2008-04-25 12:29:16This week have a little taste of Southern flavor with visits from a novelist (and executive with Mossy Oak Biologic) and a humorist.
Interviews:
Bobby Cole, The Dummy Line
Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters That the Rest of Y'all Should Know Too
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FOR THE BIRDS 2008-04-16 18:10:38This week is truly for the birds as we talk with two authors of non-fiction books that feature birds.
Interviews:
Michael K Steinberg, Stalking the Ghost Bird: The Elusive Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Louisiana
Danny Heitman, A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley House
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A CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN WITTIG ALBERT 2008-04-09 18:11:28This week we spend some time with Susan Wittig Albert, author of more than 30 books, including 16 China Bayles mysteries, 4 Beatrix Potter mysteries, 12 Edwardian and Victorian mysteries with her husband Bill Albert (written under the name Robin Paige), and several books of non-fiction.
Interview:
Susan Wittig Albert, Nightshade
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NOVELS FOR YOUNG READERS 2008-04-02 17:57:29On today's show we interview two award-winning authors of books for children and teens.
Interviews:
Kimberly Willis Holt, Piper Reed, Navy Brat
Linda Sue Park, Keeping Score
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SPRING FICTION 2008-03-26 18:28:21This week we'll interview the authors of two of the fine novels that are being published this spring. Both are first novels.
Interviews:
Shirley Abbott, The Future of Love
Hillary Jordan, Mudbound
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TRAINING 2008-03-19 19:04:06Today we talk to two journalists who have written non-fiction books.
Interviews:
Kate Torgovnick, Cheer! Three Teams on a Quest for College Cheerleading's Ultimate Prize
Amy Sutherland, What Shamu Taught Me about Life, Love, and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers
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FROM MAINE TO BANANAS 2008-03-12 18:04:27This week we talk to two authors who have written non-fiction books.
Interviews:
Josh Wolk, Cabin Pressure: One Man's Desperate Attempt to Recapture His Youth As a Camp Counselor
Dan Koeppel, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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YOUNG VOICES 2008-03-11 23:41:05Today on our show we talk to two authors of books for young adults, Meg Cabot, who has a new book for younger girls, and Alan Gratz about two of his books.
Interviews:
Meg Cabot,Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: MovingDay
Alan Gratz, Samurai Shortstop, Something Rotten
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MORE MEMORIES 2008-02-27 18:18:39This week we talk to two authors, one of a biography and one of a memoir.
Interviews:
Gary Moore, Playing With The Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams
Jon Provost, Timmy's in the Well: The Jon Provost Story
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THE CIVIL WAR 2008-02-27 18:14:57This week, we talk with two historians about the never to be forgotten war that shaped American history as we know it.
Interviews:
Terrence Winschel, Triumph and Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign Volumes I and II
Gary Joiner, Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron
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A CONVERSATION WITH GERALDINE BROOKS 2008-02-14 12:14:58This week we have enjoyed an extended conversation with Geraldine Brooks. Her non-fiction books are Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women and Foreign Correspondence. Her novels are Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, March (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), and her newest, People of the Book.
Interview:
Geraldine Brooks, People of the Book
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LIVING HISTORY 2008-02-06 18:40:21This week we talk to two authors who spend much of their time in historical periods different from the one in which most of us live.
Interviews:
Tim Raglin, The Curse of Catunkhamun
Susan Campbell Bartoletti, The Boy Who Dared
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CAROLINA FICTION 2008-01-30 18:26:17This week on our show we talk to two North Carolina writers. The two are part of a four member writing group; all four writers have now been published by major houses.
Interviews:
Pamela Duncan, The Big Beautiful
Lynn York, The Sweet Life
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LOUISIANA HAYRIDE 2008-01-23 18:31:19On this week's show we celebrate the Louisiana Hayride, a country music institution that was known as the Cradle of the Stars.
Interviews:
Diane Diekman, Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story
Joey Kent, co-author with Frank Page of Elvis: The Louisiana Hayride Years, 1954-56
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TIARAS & BOOKS 2008-01-16 19:09:47Today's show is devoted to the delightful Kathy Patrick, owner of Beauty and the Book in Jefferson, Texas, the nation's only beauty salon and bookstore in one. She is also the founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs, where the motto is "Tiaras are mandatory and good books are the rule."
Interview:
Kathy Patrick, The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life
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MEMOIRS HERE AND THERE 2008-01-10 16:55:11Today we talk to two authors who have written memoirs, one about her travels as an adult and one about her formative years.
Interviews:
Susan Hanf, My Lemon Orchard
Julia Scheeres, Jesus Land
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BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF 2007 2008-01-03 18:15:09We discuss what we think are some of the best children's and young adult's books of the past year. We also interview Thomas Cochran, author of Running the Dogs, and Nancy Pearl, author of Book Crush: For Kids and Teens - Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest.
Interviews:
Thomas Cochran, Running the Dogs
Nancy Pearl, Book Crush
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