Writerscast - Author Interviews

Abraham Chang: 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers Abraham Chang: 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers

888 Love and the Divine Burden Numbers: A Novel — Abraham Chang — Flatiron Books — Hardcover — 978-1-250-91078-3 — 400 pages — $29.99 — ebook $14.99 — May 7, 2024 I met Abe Chang several years ago when he was gainfully employed at Simon and Schuster as a... [Listen to this podcast]

Kevin Baker: The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City Kevin Baker: The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City — Kevin Baker — Knopf Publishing – 9780375421839 – Hardcover — 528 pages — $35.00 — March 5, 2024 — ebook versions available at lower prices I am guessing that anyone who knows me well will be aware that... [Listen to this podcast]

Karl Marlantes: Cold Victory, a Novel Karl Marlantes: Cold Victory, a Novel

Cold Victory: A Novel — Karl Marlantes — Atlantic Monthly Press – 978-0-8021-6142-0 – Hardcover — 352 pages — $28.00 — January 9, 2024 — ebook versions available at lower prices I have to confess at the outset that Karl Marlantes has become one of... [Listen to this podcast]

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Publishing Talks - About Publishing

Publishing Talks Interview with Ken Whyte of Sutherland House Publishing Talks Interview with Ken Whyte of Sutherland House

I began Publishing Talks a number of years ago as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology. Most of these interviews originally involved the future of publishing, books, and culture, talking with people in the... [Listen to this podcast]

Publishing Talks Interview with Leah Paulos Press Shop PR Publishing Talks Interview with Leah Paulos Press Shop PR

Publishing Talks began years ago as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology. Most of these interviews originally involved the future of publishing, books, and culture, talking with people in the book industry... [Listen to this podcast]

Publishing Talks Interview with Jane Friedman of Hot Sheet Publishing Talks Interview with Jane Friedman of Hot Sheet

Publishing Talks began first as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It was great fun talking with people in the book industry about the... [Listen to this podcast]

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Authors Voices - Live Readings

Maureen Owen and Barbara Henning reading in Tucson, Arizona Maureen Owen and Barbara Henning reading in Tucson, Arizona

What a great trip! Starting January 18, 2019, with a reading at McNally Jackson Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York, poets Maureen Owen and Barbara Henning, started a cross country journey together (you can view their trip itinerary here). Appropriately, their story and journey... [Listen to this podcast]

Gordon Ball reading from ’66 Frames Gordon Ball reading from ’66 Frames

’66 Frames – Gordon Ball – Coffee House Press – 9781566890823 – paperback – 320 pages – $15.95 Allen Ginsberg, who helped Ball with some of the research for his book, once remarked on Ball’s vantage point: From city and country... [Listen to this podcast]

Clara Bingham reading from Witness to the Revolution Clara Bingham reading from Witness to the Revolution

Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul 9780812993189 – Random House – Hardcover – $30 I interviewed Clara Bingham about her terrific and important book, Witness to the Revolution for Writerscast.... [Listen to this podcast]

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Pipeline - News & Commentary

Publisher and editor John O’Brien has died Publisher and editor John O’Brien has died

Old friend and colleague John O’Brien, founder of Review of Contemporary Fiction and Dalkey Archive Press passed away on November 21st. John and I had many mutual friends in literature and similar tastes and interests, and his vision of writing and books led me to learn... [Read this article]

Writer and editor Richard Marek has died. Writer and editor Richard Marek has died.

Dick Marek was a legendary book editor and later an extremely successful writer and ghost writer. He lived in Westport, Connecticut with his second wife, the writer and therapist, Dalma Heyn. I had the honor to interview Dick for Writerscast in 2015, in which he talked at... [Read this article]

Joy Harjo has been named U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has been named U.S. Poet Laureate

Congratulations to Muscogee Creek Nation poet Joy Harjo who has been appointed the Poet Laureate for the United States, succeeding Tracy K. Smith. Joy is a poet, writer and musician whose work has inspired for many years. She is fearless in her work, unflinching in her approach... [Read this article]

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