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On the Radio
May 08, 2008
(All listings are tentative and subject to change.)
National Public Radio
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to listen to these and other NPR shows.
Also see Books on NPR, a daily
listing of books that have been featured.
All Things Considered
Previous book segments:
Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl K. Olson, GRAND THEFT CHILDHOOD: The Surprising Truth
About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do, S&S
Diane Rehm
May 8: Barbara Walters, AUDITION: A Memoir, Knopf/RH Audio
George Soros, THE NEW PARADIGM FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS: The Credit Crash of 2008
and What It Means, PublicAffairs
Previous book segments:
David Rothenberg, THOUSAND MILE SONG: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound, Basic
Books
Jeanne Safer, DEATH BENEFITS: How Losing a Parent Can Change an Adult's Life
-- For the Better, Basic Books
Gene Robinson, IN THE EYE OF THE STORM: Swept to the Center by God, Seabury
Books
Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift, THE SPLENDID TABLE'S HOW TO EAT SUPPER:
Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show,
Clarkson Potter
Readers Review of ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren (Harvest Books)
Paul Rieckhoff, CHASING GHOSTS: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective,
NAL
Jimmy Carter, A REMARKABLE MOTHER S&S/S&S Audio
Michael Kinsley, PLEASE DON'T REMAIN CALM: Provocations and Commentaries, Norton
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Previous book segments:
Ricardo S. Sanchez with Donald T. Phillips WISER IN BATTLE: A Soldier's Story,
Harper
Al Gore, THE ASSAULT ON REASON (Penguin paperback)
Charles Ardai (aka Richard Aleas), THE GOOD-NEIGHBOR POLICY: A Double-Cross
in Double Dactyls, Small Press Distribution (Ardai is the founder of Hard Case
Crime, which reprints classic crime fiction and publishes new fiction with pulpy
cover art from the heyday of the genre.)
Major Steve Beck and Jim Sheeler, FINALE SALUTE: A Story of Unfinished Lives,
Penguin Press
Lloyd Schwartz, with Robert Giroux (editors), ELIZABETH BISHOP: Poems, Prose,
and Letters, Library of America
Charles Barber, COMFORTABLY NUMB: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation, Pantheon
Morning Edition
Previous book segments:
Barbara Walters, AUDITION: A Memoir, Knopf/RH Audio
George Soros, THE NEW PARADIGM FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS: The Credit Crash of 2008
and What It Means, PublicAffairs
Eleanor Coppola, NOTES ON A LIFE, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Mary Tillman, BOOTS ON THE GROUND BY DUSK: My Tribute to Pat Tillman, Modern
Times/Tantor Media
Weekend Edition
Previous book segments:
Edgar Prado and John Eisenberg, MY GUY BARBARO, HarperCollins
Children's
Literature with Daniel Pinkwater
http://www.pinkwater.com/pzone/
Daniel Pinkwater is the author of at least 100 books for children,
young adults, and adults. He makes frequent appearances on Weekend Edition
to read and discuss books for children.
Previous book segments:
January: Calef Brown, FLAMINGOS ON A ROOF, Houghton Mifflin
October: LITTLE TOOT, by Hardie Gramatky (newly-issued edition for the 100th
anniversary of his birth), Putnam Juvenile
August: Andrea U'Ren, MARY SMITH, FSG
June: Anita Lobel, NINI, HERE AND THERE, Greenwillow
March: Sam Lloyd (author and illus.), MR. PUSSKINS: A Love Story, Atheneum
Judy Sierra and Stephen Gammel (illus.), THE SECRET SCIENCE PROJECT THAT ALMOST
ATE THE SCHOOL, S&S Children's
Daniel Pinkwater, THE NEDDIAD: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood,
and Saved Civilization, Houghton Mifflin
The Leonard Lopate Show *WNYC
Previous book segments:
Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, (debut novel) WOLVES OF THE CRESCENT MOON, Penguin
Louise Erdrich, THE PLAGUE OF DOVES, Harper
Gary "the Kid" Carter, STILL A KID AT HEART: My Life in Baseball and Beyond,
Triumph Books
Lieve Joris, THE REBELS' HOUR, Grove Press
Arianna Huffington, RIGHT IS WRONG: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America,
Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe, Knopf/RH Audio
Otto Penzler (editor), THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF PULPS: The Best Crime Stories
from the Pulps During Their Golden Age -- The '20s, '30s & '40s, Vintage
Robert Bryce, GUSHER OF LIES: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence,
PublicAffairs
David Samuels, THE RUNNER: A True Account of the Amazing Lies and Fantastical
Adventures of the Ivy League Impostor James Hogue, New Press
Roger Mudd, THE PLACE TO BE: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television
News, PublicAffairs
On Point
Previous book segments:
Bill Moyers, MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY, Doubleday
Carl Hiaasen, THE DOWNHILL LIE: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport, Knopf
Peter Moskos, COP IN THE HOOD: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District,
Princeton Univ. Press
Talk of the Nation
Previous book segments:
David Gilmour, THE FILM CLUB, Twelve
Yasmina Reza, DAWN DUSK OR NIGHT: A Year with Nicolas Sarkozy, Knopf
Jennifer Sey, CHALKED UP: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous
Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams, Morrow
Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow, THE LAST LECTURE, Hyperion
Tell Me More
Previous book segments:
Jimmy Carter, A REMARKABLE MOTHER, S&S/S&S Audio
Lillian Carter, AWAY FROM HOME: Letters to My Family, S&S
On Other Radio Shows
Writer's Roundtable * World Talk Radio
Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., PT
signonradio.com
writersroundtable.com
The Writer's Roundtable, which covers the art, craft and business
of writing, is on the new San Diego Union Tribune station accessible through
the Internet at signonradio.com.
May 8: Dorothea Benton Frank on place as character and humor
in fiction.
(books: BULLS ISLAND, Morrow and THE LAND OF MANGO SUNSETS, Avon)
Previous book segments:
John Sandford, PHANTOM PREY, Putnam
The Book Report * AM Talk Radio
www.thebookreport.net
The Book Report is a magazine format radio show, hosted by independent
booksellers Pat Grant and Elisabeth Grant-Gibson, featuring news about the
book world as well as reviews, interviews, and the occasional read-aloud.
The one-hour show airs weekly on AM Talk Radio stations in the south and
is streamed live on Wednesdays at 8:00 a.m. CST and archived at www.thebookreport.net.
Also on KLCN 910 AM on Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m. For more info, contact
(870) 763-3333 or www.tbib.com.
Previous book segments:
Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss-Glasser (illus.), FANCY NANCY: Bonjour Butterfly
and FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS: From Accessories to Zany (both by
HarperCollins)
Leif Enger, SO BRAVE, YOUNG, AND HANDSOME: A Novel, Atlantic Monthly Press
Mike and Juliet Show * Fox Radio
Previous book segments:
Jennifer Sey, CHALKED UP: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous
Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams, Morrow
Imus in the Morning
Previous book segments:
Barbara Walters, AUDITION: A Memoir, Knopf/RH Audio
The Alan Colmes Radio Show
May 12: Ricardo S. Sanchez and Donald T. Phillips, WISER IN BATTLE, Harper
Martha Stewart Living Radio
Previous book segments:
Mario Batali and Judith Sutton, ITALIAN GRILL, Ecco
The Bob Edwards Show * XM Satellite
Radio
May 8: Vivian Cherry (photographer), HELLUVA TOWN: New York City in the
1940s and '50s, PowerHouse
Previous book segments:
Harry Reid, THE GOOD FIGHT: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington,
Putnam
Quil Lawrence, INVISIBLE NATION: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping
Iraq and the Middle East, Walker & Co.
Arianna Huffington, RIGHT IS WRONG: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America,
Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe, Knopf/RH Audio
Jimmy Carter, A REMARKABLE MOTHER, S&S/S&S Audio
Michael Kinsley, PLEASE DON'T REMAIN CALM: Provocations and Commentaries,
Norton
Stephen Braun and Douglas Farah, MERCHANT OF DEATH: Money, Guns, Planes,
and the Man Who Makes War Possible, John Wiley (recently out in paperback)
Bookworm
(On-air and online Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. EST on AM820)
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw
Bookworm showcases writers of fiction and poetry -- the established, new, or emerging
-- interviewed by the show's host, Michael Silverblatt.
May 8: Jim Krusoe, GIRL FACTORY, Tin House
May 14: David Shields, THE THING ABOUT LIFE IS THAT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE DEAD, Knopf
May 22: Bruce Weigl, DECLENSION IN THE VILLAGE OF CHUNG LUONG (Ausable Press)
Brian Turner, HERE, BULLET (Alice James Books)
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