Live Wire! Radio - Episode 176 Encore

PATRICK DEWITT
A Canadian novelist, he is the author of The Sisters Brothers which won the Rogers Prize in 2011 and Ablutions which was chosen as a New York Time's editors choice in 2009.  Also the screenwriter of "Terri" which stars John C. Reilly and will be released in July of 2012.  patrickdewitt.net/

MICHAEL HURLEY
One of the last great rambling songwriters, Hurley started playing the folk scene in the 60's. He will be singing songs from At Home with Drifting Woods, his forthcoming record which will consist of some his very early recordings. Indie music expert Anthony Carew says, "They don't make them like Hurley anymore, it's true, but they never made them like Hurley until he came along."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hurley_(musician)

MARTHA GROVER
Portland essayist and author of the novel, One More for The People.  Her work has appeared in The Coachella Review, Switchback, Broken Pencil, Never Have Paris Zine, Tom Tom Magazine, The Raven Chronicles, and her zine Somnambulist, which she has been publishing since 2003. On this episode of Live Wire! she reads from One More for the People. http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/martha-grover-reads-and-signs-one-more-people 

Along with your host, COURTENAY HAMEISTER comedy by, FACES FOR RADIO THEATER poetry by house poet, SCOTT POOLE and house band, RALPH HUNTLEY AND THE MUTTONCHOPS.