Series: Real Good Words

Produced by KAXE

weekly interview program with authors and writers

Realgoodwords is a one-hour weekly radio program for readers, writers and those who appreciate the written word. Each week features thoughtful conversations with national and Minnesota authors about the stories and topics they are passionate about. Past interviews have included Anne Lamott, Ray Bradbury, Sarah Vowell, Daniel Silva, S.E. Hinton, Lorna Landvik, Robert Alexander, Jared Diamond and Adriana Trigiani. Author Richard Lavoie said of Heidi Holtan and Realgoodwords "I greatly enjoyed our recent interview and I found your questions to be extraordinarily insightful." Realgoodwords also occasionally features spoken word segments and information on the craft of writing.


21 pieces

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a conversation with writers about the "gray area" of life

  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 00:59:38
a conversation about the writing process

  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:04

  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:10
A conversation about the mystery "Crazy School" by Cornelia Read based on the real DeSisto boarding school

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 00:59:11
Minnesota children's author Mary Casanova and her readers as well as award winning writer Deborah Wiles

  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:18
Conversations with Roland Merullo, Wendolyn Lee and Penguin Editor John Siciliano

  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 00:56:20
Conversations with authors about grief, being a global citizen and how to keep your child from news that might harm them

  • Added: Oct 27, 2007
  • Length: 00:06:35
Adventures in Reading with Jacquelyn Mitchard and Dan Alloso

  • Added: Oct 27, 2007
  • Length: 00:58:52
telling stories of grief and international connections

  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: 00:06:35
Minnesota authors talking about the meaning of home

  • Added: Sep 18, 2007
  • Length: 00:57:48
interviews with Amanda Eyre Ward and Masha Hamilton

  • Added: Sep 15, 2007
  • Length: 00:58:23
fiction from first time novelist Ellen Baker, information about students with learning disabilities with Richard Lavoie, writing tips and poetry

  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 00:58:24
a conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert' and "Eat Pray Love" as well as the Kitchen Sisters Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva

  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 00:59:32
interviews with authors Debra Marquart, Marsh Muirhead,Will Weaver and Sara Lewis

  • Added: Aug 10, 2007
  • Length: 00:59:16
Heidi talks with Donald Antrim about his mother and Calvin Sandborn about his father

  • Added: Aug 02, 2007
  • Length: 00:58:12
Join host Heidi Holtan for a conversation with Victoria Redel about her novel "The Border of Truth" and Dennis Cass "Head Case: How I Almost Lost ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 00:59:30

  • Added: Jul 20, 2007
  • Length: 00:58:12
conversation about Helen of Troy, Lisa Tucker's latest and writing advice

  • Added: Jul 12, 2007
  • Length: 00:57:50

  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 00:58:42