National Novel Writing Month
Have you written today's four pages yet?
Table of Contents
Drop-Ins
- Novel-Writing Marathon (NaNoWriMo)
Janis Jaquith, 03:24 - I have one month in which to write a 50,000-word novel -- and this is the month.
- SERIES: Podictionary, the First 20 Episodes
Charles Hodgson, 20 drop-ins - Audio word-a-day: the podcast for word lovers.
- Remembering August Wilson Drop-In
New Letters on the Air, 05:13 - A drop-in segment of a longer interview on the late August Wilson. He talks about his creative process in this excerpt.
- SERIES: Your California Legacy Series
California Legacy Project, 23 one-and-a-half minute drop-ins - Compact but compelling dramatic readings of great California writing.
- George Garrett reflects
VFH Radio, 03:29 - On the occasion of writer and teacher George Garrett's seventieth birthday, former student Richard Dillard posed the following question: How does one claim to understand or even fully appreciate such a richly complex man and artist?"
- This I Believe - Rick Moody
This I Believe, 03:57 - Novelist Rick Moody believes in the unlimited joy of reading a new book and interpreting its story.
Segment
- Elsewhere
Hillary Frank, 05:29 - Hillary Frank talks to Lois Lowry about her novel THE GIVER -- and finds out why the author's visit to Hillary's hometown makes a group of Russian librarians think that Westport, CT is run just like the former Soviet Union.
- How To Destroy A Book
Peter Crimmins, 05:30 - A San Francisco library book vandal evokes artistic reaction.
- "An Excuse To Be Together"
Kate Welch, 13:41 - Kate interviews master chef Robert Reynolds about his book titled "An Excuse To Be Together."
Half-hour
- RN Documentary: Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion
Radio Netherlands, 29:30 - Of the many books which have appeared in new genre which has been called 'post-9/11 fiction' one of the most striking is Jonathan Safran Foer's "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close."
- The Book Show#929 - Author Sarah Waters
WAMC, 25:00 - Sarah Waters, whose book "Tipping the Velvet" was made into a hit A&E television series, has a new novel, "The Night Watch," set in World War II London.
- RN Documentary: The City of Falling Angels
Radio Netherlands, 29:30 - Interview with the author John Berendt about his new book "The City of Falling Angels."
- SERIES: New Letters on the Air
- Listening to New Letters on the Air is like eavesdropping on intimate conversations with favorite writers who reveal secrets about their creative methods, read a few favorite passages, and inspire the listener's imagination.
- RN Documentary: A Conversation with James Meek
Radio Netherlands, 29:30 - A conversation with novelist and journalist James Meek about his latest novel, "A People's Act of Love."
- RN Documentary: Becoming Rebecca West
Radio Netherlands, 29:30 - A portrait of journalist/writer Rebecca West whose life spanned most of the 20th century, with memories from her great-niece and thoughts from an actress who portrays her on stage.
- RN Documentary: For Every Atom Belonging to Me?
Radio Netherlands, 29:30 - Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham invokes the spirit of Walt Whitman in his latest book "Specimen Days" - part of a wave of post 9/11 fiction.
Hour+ Specials
- Walt Whitman: Song of Myself
WNYC, 59:00 - WNYC presents "Walt Whitman: Song of Myself." Hour hosted by Carl Hancock Rux, the program peels back Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and we discover that this groundbreaking work was the product of a man so far ahead of his time that we are just now able to fully appreciate his work.
- Author Sherman Alexie
WSUI, 58:13 - Author Sherman Alexie readin from his new book "Ten Little Indians."
- SERIES: Literary Friendships
Prairie Home Productions, 5 hour-long programs - Literary Friendships features poets, mystery writers, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists exploring the solitude of writing and the company of friendship.
- Norman Mailer: a novelist in a time of war
Nieman Program on Narrative Jouralism, Benjamen Walker, 58:30 - In December 2004, Norman Mailer took time out from his new novel to address the Nieman conference on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University. This program includes his talk and some of the audience's questions with his responses.
- SERIES: The Writers Studio Season 2
KERA, six hour-long programs - One-hour interviews with internationally acclaimed authors - from Umberto Eco to Joan Didion.
- A Celebration of Southwest Storytellers Part 3: Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols
Paul Ingles/Good Radio Shows, Inc., 59:00 - A multi-cultural trio of notable New Mexico writers - Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols - are featured in the third installment in the series A Celebration of Southwest Storytellers.
- SERIES: The Writers Studio
KERA, 6 hour-long programs - The Writers Studio is a series of 7 one-hour programs featuring interviews with some of the world's most accomplished writers: such as Alice Walker, Nicholson Baker, and Maxing Hong Kingston.
- Philip Roth
Open Source, 58:59 - At home with Philip Roth. Chris Lydon interviews legendary author.
-
SERIES: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
New Letters on the Air, 5 hour-long specials - This five-episode series of one-hour programs features 17 of the men and women who have served as United States Poet Laureates over the past four decades, from the late Howard Nemerov (1963-64) to Donald Hall (beginning 2006). These conversations and readings of poetry vary from humorous to heavy, but are always thought-provoking, and are perfect for National Poetry Month in April, though they can be used anytime.
© 2006, The Public Radio Exchange
