Between The Covers

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Avvy Mar

Produced by:

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Every third Thursday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

A weekly show featuring interviews with locally and nationally known authors of both fiction and non-fiction.

Hosted by Avvy Mar

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Topic tags:

History, Fiction, Poetry, Arts/Culture, Humor

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The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

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In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America, a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record. In 1527, the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez sailed from the port of Sanlúc... Read more

Yann Martel on his New Work, "The High Mountains of Portugal"

Airs at: Thu, 03/10/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Yann Martel, author of the novel "Life of Pi," discusses his latest work, "The High Mountains of Portugal," in which he examines the nature of faith. In the interview he also discusses the film version of "Life of Pi" as well as a strange correspondence he had with former C... Read more

Umberto Eco Interview 2005

Airs at: Thu, 03/03/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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From the series Bookwaves... Umberto Eco (1932-2016), who died on Feb. 19, 2016, was a leading semiologist and novelist, author of the best-selling Name of the Rose and other works. He was interviewed in 2005 by host Richard Wolinsky. http://bookwaves.homestead.com/ Read more

Diane Les Becquets on Her New Novel "Breaking Wild"

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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We speak with Diane Les Becquets about her new novel BREAKING WILD, which was informed by the years she spent working and living in Colorado and by her own experiences as an outdoorswoman and hunter. BREAKING WILD was chosen as an Indie Next pick for February. The novel f... Read more

The Other Side by Lacy M. Johnson

Airs at: Thu, 02/18/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

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"When she was twenty-one, Lacy M. Johnson was kidnapped, raped, and nearly murdered by an ex-boyfriend. Johnson’s new memoir The Other Side is her reconstruction of that time in her life—of the events leading up to and away from that harrowing act of domestic violence. Yet ... Read more

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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From the series Bookwaves, we hear... Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, author of "Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds" discusses her true story of the Fukuhara family, split between the U.S. and Japan before, during and shortly after Wo... Read more

Alafair Burke on her suspense novel, "The Ex"

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Host Lisa Loving speaks with writer Alafair Burke about her new suspense novel, "The Ex," in which a woman agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been framed for murder but begins to suspect that she is the one being manipulated. Twenty years ago she ruined his life. Now... Read more

Jane Smiley on her trilogy of "Some Luck," "Early Warning" and "Golden Age"

Airs at: Thu, 01/28/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "A Thousand Acres" discusses her latest work, a trilogy of novels which take an Iowan farming family over the course of a hundred years: "Some Luck," "Early Warning" and "Golden Age," the most recent. She is interviewed by Richa... Read more

Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris

Airs at: Thu, 01/21/2016 at 11:00am - 11:40am

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"It won't take long-a page, maybe two-before you feel wondrously disquieted by Keith Lee Morris's Travelers Rest. The novel traps its characters in the town of Good Night, Idaho, and the reader in its shaken snow globe of a world. The language dazzles and the circumstances ... Read more

Paul Theroux on his latest book, "Deep South"

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Paul Theroux discusses his latest travel book, "Deep South," about his road trip through the backwoods of the Southern United States. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. From the series Bookwaves http://bookwaves.homestead.com/ Read more

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