Between The Covers

Host David Naimon speaks with writer Anthony Doerr about his latest book, Memory Wall. Doerr is the author of three other books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, andFour Seasons in Rome. Doerr’s short fiction has won three O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The ... Read more

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Kenneth Sharpe, co-author with Barry Schwartz of Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. In the book, Schwartz and Sharpe make a reasoned appeal for wisdom in a world gone mad with ineffectual rules and rampant bureaucracy... Read more

In Part 2 of today's special hour long Between the Covers host Crystal Leighty speaks with Hazel Rowley, author of FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR: An Extraordinary Marriage.   In this biography, Rowley sheds new light on the first modern marriage in the White House. Award-wining auth... Read more

Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Steve Berry, author of "The Emperor's Tomb," a thriller about the internal politics of China and the politics of oil.   Steve Berry is also the author of "The Balkan Escape," "The Paris Vendetta," "The Charlemagne Pursuit," "The Venetian Betray... Read more

Writer, poet and activist Grace Paley's birthday is December 11 (born in 1922, she died in 2007). In honor of Grace Paley Between the Covers presents an interview with local author Judith Arcana, who is Grace Paley's biographer, as well as parts of memorial show produced by... Read more