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Writer's Voice features author interviews and readings, as well as news, commentary and tips related to writing and publishing. We also talk with editors, agents, publicists and others about issues of interest to writers. Francesca Rheannon is producer and host of Writer's Voice. She is a writer, an independent radio producer and a broadcast journalist.
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Douglas Rushkoff discusses his book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires. Tyson Yunkaporta talks about Indigenous thinking. His book is Sand Talk.
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In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we feature two stories about war and secrets. First, we talk with Howard Mansfield about his book, I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II. The book uncovers the truth about the terrible toll that war took on American airmen like Mansfield’s … Continue reading War & Secrets: Howard Mansfield, I WILL TELL NO WAR STORIES & Sasha Vasilyuk, YOUR PRESENCE IS MANDATORY →
Larry Tye tells us about his new book, The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America. It’s a fresh look at three titans of the Jazz Age. Then, we re-air our 2020 interview with Larry Tye about his biography of Senator Joe McCarthy, Demagogue. Writers Voice— in depth conversation with writers … Continue reading Two Biographies by Larry Tye: THE JAZZMEN & DEMAGOGUE →
This week we talk about two novels that explore connections: between men and women, people and nature, the young and the old.
We talk with Les Leopold of the Labor Institute about his groundbreaking study of the political cost of mass layoffs. His book is Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It. Then we re-air a clip from our 2013 interview with Les … Continue reading Les Leopold, WALL STREET’S WAR ON WORKERS →
We explore the people of North Sentinel Island, who are thought to be the last un-contacted tribe on Earth. Our guest is historian, essayist, and author Adam Goodheart and his book is The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth. Read The Interview Transcript Then, we talk with author, gardener and … Continue reading Adam Goodheart, THE LAST ISLAND & Jennifer Jewell, WHAT WE SOW →
Antisemitism and conspiracy theories. Also, how to protect wildlife by protecting people. First, we talk with Mike Rothschild about his book: Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories. It’s about the persistence of rightwing antisemitism and its link to conspiracy theories. Then, scientist Adam Hart tells us about how people become … Continue reading Mike Rothschild, JEWISH SPACE LASERS & Adam Hart, DEADLY BALANCE →
What an owl taught a famed ecologist about a deadly human misconception. Also, the role of oil in the Israel/Palestine conflict. We talk with ecologist Carl Safina about his book, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe. It’s about how a tiny ragged ball of fluff taught a famed ecologist about a deadly … Continue reading Carl Safina, ALFIE AND ME & Charlotte Dennett, FOLLOW THE PIPELINES →
Gloria Dickie tells us about bears and how people relate to them, for good and for ill. Her book is Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future. And Sonja Swift discusses her book: Echo Loba, Loba Echo: Of Wisdom, Wolves and Women.
We talk with Tan Twan Eng about his new novel, The House of Doors & Kerri Maher tells us about All You Have To Do Is Call.
We spend the hour with David Lipsky talking about The Parrot and The Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial. It’s about the sordid history of climate denialism and its deep roots in the industry of tobacco denialism.
We talk with Tania James about her novel Loot. Vauhini Vara tells us about her short story collection, This is Salvaged. And we review a new book about "Planting For Pollinators."
For Climate Week, we talk with Andrew Boyd about I Want A Better Catastrophe. Then nonfiction author Chuck Collins tells us about his debut climate action-themed novel, Altar to an Erupting Sun.
We talk with Clare Carlisle about her book The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life and with Norman Solomon about his new book, War Made Invisible.
Ahmed White talks about his history of the Wobblies, Under the Iron Heel. Then Nikhil Goyal tells us about his book, Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty.
David Goodman talks about his book, An American Cannabis Story about Puffin Farm in Washington State. And Carl Hart discusses Drug Use For Grownups: Chasing Liberty In The Land of Fear.
We talk with historian Martha Hodes about her memoir My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering. In 1970, she survived six days as a hostage on a hijacked plane when she was twelve years old. Then, teacher Adam Bessie tells us about his take on how the pandemic has driven us apart—and what it will take to bring us together. His graphic pandemic memoir is Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey.
Paul Kix tells us the thrilling story of the fight to end Jim Crow, led by the greatest figures of the Civil Rights Movement—and won by children. His book is You Have To Be Prepared To Die Before You Can Begin To Live.
Buzzy Jackson tells us the story of the anti-Nazi saboteur, Hannie Schaft and the lessons it holds for us as we confront fascism today. Her novel based on true events is To Die Beautiful. Then Francesca reads a short excerpt from her own father’s story of resistance in the same war.
Ava Chin tells us about her stunning family memoir/history of the Chinese Exclusion Act in America, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming.
Then we talk with Tanis Rideout about her new novel The Sea Between Two Shores. It’s about two families, one Canadian and one from an island in Vanuatu, who must deal with the legacy of colonialism in the South Pacific and the responsibilities they have to each other.
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