Readers & Writers on the Air from NCPR

Readers and Writers: Mark Slouka

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 24, 2012) Slouka is the SLU Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing whose work has been translated into 18 languages. His novels include God�s Fool and the Visible World; and his non-fiction includes Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations and War of� the Worlds: Cyberspace and the High-Tech Assault on Reality. Ellen Rocco and Paul Graham host.The author will give a reading Thu., April 26 at 7:30 pm in the Sykes Common Room on the campus of St. Lawrence University, Canton NY. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Jane Urquhart, "Sanctuary Line"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 17, 2012) Our guest is Jane Urquhart, a Canadian novelist and poet, and the author of Sanctuary Line, a novel whose narrator studies monarch butterflies in a wildlife sanctuary on the north shore of Lake Erie. She is also author of the internationally-acclaimed novel, The Stone Carvers. Ellen Rocco and Betsy Kepes host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Kristin Kimball

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 4, 2012) Our guest, Kristen Kimball, is author of the memoir The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food and Love, and co-owner of Essex Farm, a full-diet, year-round, draft-horse-powered CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) provider in the Champlain Valley. Ellen Rocco and Mary Hussman host.Kimball will give a reading Thu., April 5 at 7:30 pm in the Sykes Common Room on the campus of St. Lawrence University, Canton NY. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Joanie Mackowski

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(Mar 21, 2012) Our guest, Joanie Mackowski, teaches at Cornell University and is visiting Canton as part of the St. Lawrence University Writers Series. Her poetry collections include the award-winning View From a Temporary Window and The Zoo. Her third collection of poems, in progress, explores lyric poetry from an ecocritical vantage point. Ellen Rocco, Sarah Barber and Dale Hobson host.The author will give a reading Thu., March 22 at 7:30 pm in the Sykes Common Room on the campus of St. Lawrence University, Canton NY. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Jaimy Gordon

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

(Feb 1, 2012) Our guest is Jaimy Gordon. Her fourth novel, Lord of Misrule, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2011. Her other work includes the novels Shamp of the City-Solo, She Drove Without Stopping, and Bogeywoman. Pedro Ponce and Ellen Rocco host. Thursday, February 2, Gordon will give a reading at 7:30 pm in Sykes Common Room on the St. Lawrence University campus in Canton NY, as part of the SLU Writers Series. This event is free and open to the public. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Winter Reading Call-in

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

(Dec 1, 2011) Our annual holiday and winter reading list call-in. Hosted by Ellen Rocco and John Ernst. The show solicits listeners suggestions for great books�new and classic�for gift-giving or deep winter reading. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Kevin Young

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

(Nov 30, 2011) Our guest, Kevin Young, is one a new generation of poets who find inspiration in the bittersweet history of Black America. Among his many books of poetry: Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels, Dear Darkness and For the Confederate Dead. Dale Hobson and Jackie Sauter host, along with guest Sarah Barber.Kevin Young appears as part of the St. Lawrence University Writers Series. He will give a reading on the St. Lawrence University campus in Canton, NY, Thursday, December 1 at 8 pm in the Sykes Common Room. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Ellen Akins

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

(Oct 5, 2011) Our guest is Ellen Akins, author of the short story collection World Like a Knife, and the novels Home Movie, Little Woman, Public Life and Hometown Brew. Ellen Rocco and Peter Bailey co-host. Ellen Akins will give a public reading Thursday, October 6, at 8 pm at the Sykes Common Room at St. Lawrence University in Canton, as part of the University's annual writers series. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Andre Dubus III

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

(Sep 6, 2011) Our guest is Andre Dubus III, author of The Cage Keeper and Other Stories, and the novels Bluesman, House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days. Ellen Rocco and Pedro Ponce host. The author will give a public reading Thursday, September 15, 8 pm at the Sykes Common Room at St. Lawrence University in Canton. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Summer Reading Call-in

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

(Jul 5, 2011) In our annual Summer Reading Call-in staff, guests and listeners share the best beach reads and whatever else is on the summer reading bookshelf. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson are joined by book maven John Ernst and avid reader Sarah Harris. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Curt Stager, author of "Deep Future"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

(Jun 7, 2011) Our guest is Dr. Curt Stager of the Paul Smith's College faculty, co-host of NCPR's Natural Selections, and author of Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth. Drawing upon the latest works of a handful of climate visionaries, the book explores the possibilities for next hundred millennia of life on Earth. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Peter Selgin, fiction-writer and essayist

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 27, 2011) Our guest, Peter Selgin, is the 2010-11 SLU Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing. His 2007 collection, Drowning Lessons, won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Fiction. Longer fiction includes the novel Life Goes to the Movies. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Brock Clarke

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 6, 2011) Our guest is Brock Clarke, whose most recent novels are this year's Exley, and from 2007, the highly-acclaimed An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. Clarke appears as part of the St. Lawrence University Writers Series and will give a reading Thursday at 8 pm in the Sykes Common Room on the university campus in Canton. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Gish Jen

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

(Feb 3, 2011) Our guest is Gish Jen, whose 1997 novel Mona in the Promised Land catapulted her to the top tier of contemporary American fiction. More recent work has included the story collection Who's Irish? and the novel, Typical American. Her latest book, World and Town, was published in October. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Winter Reading Call-in

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

(Dec 9, 2010) Our annual holiday and winter reading list call-in. Hosted by Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and John Ernst, the show solicits listeners suggestions for great books�new and classic�for gift-giving or deep winter reading. If you'd like to share more suggestions, use the comment form below or, email ellen@ncpr.org. The list is complete. Well, for now. Here's wishing you enough wintry weather to justify reading as much as you want to without feeling guilty. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Dinty Moore, "Between Panic & Desire"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

(Dec 2, 2010) Our guest is Dinty Moore, whose 2009 memoir, Between Panic & Desire, was widely well-received and won the Grub Street Nonfiction Book Prize. Other books include The Accidental Buddhist and The Emperor's Virtual Clothes.Moore will be reading from his work in Canton tonight at 8 pm as part of The St. Lawrence University Writers Series. The event takes place in the Sykes Common Room on the university campus. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Robert Finch, nature writer

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400

(Nov 3, 2010) A regular contributor to our sister station on Cape Cod and recipient of a prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for his work with WCAI, Finch is also editor of The Cape Cod Naturalist and has published seven books of essays. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Poet Peter Campion

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

(Oct 27, 2010) Our guest Peter Campion has two collections of poetry, Other People and The Lions. Widely published in magazines and reviews, he is also the editor of the journal Literary Imagination, published by Oxford University Press. Chris Robinson hosts with an assist from Bob Cowser of St. Lawrence Univerity and NCPR's Dale Hobson. Campion will read Thusday evening at 8 pm in the Sykes Formal Lounge at St. Lawrence University in Canton. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Bob Cowser, editor of Why We're Here

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

(Sep 23, 2010) Our guests are Bob Cowser, editor of Why We're Here: New York Essayists on Living Upstate, and contributing essayist Paul Graham. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: George Saunders, author of The Braindead Megaphone

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

(Sep 15, 2010) Opening the 2010-11 season of Readers & Writers, our guest is George Saunders, author of several collections of short fiction as well as his acclaimed The Braindead Megaphone, a collection of essays and observations about 21st century America. Witty and surprising, Saunders is the recipient of both a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Saunders will read from his work at a public appearance on Thursday, September 16 at 8 pm in Sykes Common Room on the SLU campus. He is part of the SLU Writers Series. [full story]