Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan discusses his latest novel, "The Narrow
Road to the Deep North," short listed for the Mann Booker Prize, as well as
his career, with host Richard Wolinsky.
"The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is set in 1943 in the despair of a
Japanese P...
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In drought-stricken Portland, Oregon, a Robin Hood-esque water thief is
caught on camera redistributing an illegal truckload of water to those in
need. Nicknamed Maid Marian—real name: Renee, a twenty-something barista
and eternal part-time college student—she is an inst...
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The guest is Christina Nichol, author of the new novel "Waiting for the
Electricity,"
a unique comedic novel set in post-Soviet Georgia.
Christina Nichol won the 2012 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award. Nichol
grew up in the Bay Area and studied at the University of O...
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Between the Covers welcomes Edan Lepucki, author of the debut novel,
California.
The novel became a publishing phenomenon after it was recommended by author
Sherman Alexie on The Colbert Report on June 4, 2014. In a conversation
about the current Amazon vs. Hachette c...
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A crisis has swept America. Hundreds of thousands have lost the ability to
sleep. Enter the Slumber Corps, an organization that urges healthy dreamers
to donate sleep to an insomniac. Under the wealthy and enigmatic Storch
brothers the Corps’ reach has grown, with outpos...
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Host Ken Jones talks with William T. Vollmann. the author of nine novels,
three collections of short fiction, a memoir, and six works of non-fiction,
including the seven-volume treatise on violence, Rising Up and Rising Down.
Vollmann won the 2005 National Book Award for...
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From acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book
Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award, The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 award, and a
2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, comes an unforgettable love story
about a searing affair between an American woman and...
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Cliff Ashpaugh talks about his debut novella, JOSH’S WALL (Spout Hill
Press; July 2014). Set in the early 1960s in the wilds of San Gabriel Valley,
it’s a coming-of-age story about a boy who wakes up to a world of bullies,
liars, and strangers—including himself.
At age ...
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Host Jay Thiemeyer speaks with Smith Henderson about his novel "Fourth of
July Creek." Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community,
grace, suspicion and anarchy, depicting our nation's disquieting and violent
contradictions.
Smith Henderson is the recipie...
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Between the Covers welcomes local author, Polly Dugan, in conversation about
her debut short story collection, So Much a Part of You.
"Two young women who've dated the same man navigate love, destiny, loss, and
choice in this powerful debut. Anna Riley and Anne Cavanaugh ...
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