Readers & Writers on the Air from NCPR

Readers & Writers: Terry Tempest Williams, "When Women Were Birds"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 30, 2013) Our guest is well-known essayist and poet Terry Tempest Williams, talking about her most recent book, When Women Were Birds, Fifty-Four Variations on Voice - a collection of short essays on memory, faith and voice. Williams' work is steeped in the landscape and lore of Utah and the West where she has lived and worked most of her life. Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and Betsy Kepes join the conversation [full story]

Readers & Writers: George Bilgere, "The White Museum"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 26, 2013) Our guest is George Bilgere, author of The White Museum, Haywire, The Good Kiss and other collections of poetry. A new collection, Imperial, is due out this fall from University of Pittsburgh Press. He is probably best known to the public radio audience through his frequent (37 times) contributions to The Writer's Almanac, through his 2011 appearance on A Prairie Home Companion, or through his own radio program Wordplay, an offbeat mix of poetry, comedy, and an ongoing exploration of the possibilities of the spoken word. Ellen Rocco and Dale Hobson host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Siobhan Fallon, "You Know When the Men Are Gone"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

(Apr 23, 2013) Author Siobhan Fallon talks with Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and Phil LaMarche about her collection of stories on the lives of military families, You Know When the Men are Gone, before an audience at Fort Drum's Robert C. McEwen Library. This collection of loosely related stories is set at Fort Hood, in Texas, and deftly explores how army families are affected by the absence of their soldiering husbands and fathers. [full story]

Cabin Fever Reading Call-in

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

(Mar 26, 2013) What books are helping you stay sane until the sun returns? Callers, visitors and NCPR staff share their picks with Readers & Writers co-hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, and with guest book maven John Ernst. A compiled list of titles will be available at this location within a few days of broadcast. [full story]

Canton students talk about a 500-page novel

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

(Mar 1, 2013) Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell, is the subject on the latest edition of the Readers & Writers book club. We had nine Canton students, two teachers and Betsy Kepes, our NCPR book reviewer, in to lead the conversation. Don't let the number of pages scare you away�it's a remarkable book and generated a lively conversation. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise Built in Hell

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

(Feb 15, 2013) Our guest is National Book Award winner Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell. Even if you haven't read the book, you will relate to the thread of her thesis: that people generally respond well in the face of disaster. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. [full story]

Readers & Writers: Louise Penny, "The Beautiful Mystery"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

(Nov 16, 2012) Our guest is Louise Penny, author of the award-winning Quebec mystery series, featuring inspector Armand Gamache and the idyllic town of Three Pines. Like all the previous books in the series, the latest, The Beautiful Mystery, is on bestseller lists across North America. It's also been nominated for CBC Radio's Canada Reads series. Jackie Sauter and Betsy Kepes host. [full story]

Gift Books and Winter Reading Call-in

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

(Nov 8, 2012) Our annual winter books call-in is hosted by Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, with guest book maven John Ernst. Callers and visitors share their favorite picks for holiday giving and reading on long winter nights. A compiled list of recommendations will be available soon at the Readers & Writers Book Club. [full story]

Preview: Kingston WritersFest

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(Sep 26, 2012) Writers and readers are gathering in Kingston this week for the annual celebration of books and writing. NCPR's book reviewer Betsy Kepes spoke with artistic director Merilyn Simonds, who says the event includes with both emerging and world class authors. [full story]

Readers & Writers, Mary Karr, "Lit"

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(Sep 25, 2012) Memoirist Mary Karr was our guest. She talked with hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson about Lit, third in her series of personal explorations that began with The Liar's Club. Karr will read from her work at 7:30 pm tonight, September 25, in SUNY Canton's Kingston Theater. [full story]

Summer Reading List Call-in

radio@ncpr.org (NCPR Online) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

(Jul 5, 2012) In our annual Summer Reading List 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 producer Tasha Haverty. [full story]

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]