KCRW's Bookworm
Summary: A must for the serious reader, Bookworm showcases writers of fiction and poetry - the established, new or emerging - all interviewed with insight and precision by the show's host and guiding spirit, Michael Silverblatt.
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Podcasts:
Letter to Jimmy is Congolese author Alain Mabanckou?s book-length letter to James Baldwin.
Frank Bascombe, who's been making appearances since Ford's breakthrough novel, appears again in Richard Ford's latest novel.
Frank Bascombe, who's been making appearances since Ford's breakthrough novel, appears again in Richard Ford's latest novel.
Lydia Millet's new novel is fast-moving and funny -- except when it isn't.
Colm Tóibín discusses his deeply personal story of a provincial Irishwoman who sets aside motherhood to grapple with grief.
Colm Tóibín discusses his deeply personal story of a provincial Irishwoman who sets aside motherhood to grapple with grief.
What is a Splash state? Poet Todd Colby tells us a splash state is the golden moment when his writing hits its ecstatic stride.
Hilton Als' first book in 14 years is a series of essays that defy easy categorization. His "white girls" are neither necessarily girls nor white?.
Iranian author Goli Taraghi's recent collection translates many of her short stories of the past forty years into English for the first time.
Bookworm is joined by Marilynne Robinson to discuss Lila ( Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), the latest in a series of novels set in the backdrop of the dustbowl years.
Acclaimed novelist Martin Amis returns to discuss The Zone of Interest, a mordant exploration of love in a place that is meant to crush the soul in a concentration camp.
A conversation about the artist Jess and poet Robert Duncan who were the center of an underground art scene in San Francisco.
A conversation about the artist Jess and poet Robert Duncan who were the center of an underground art scene in San Francisco.
Originally from Beijing, Yiyun Li thought she would be a scientist. Writing in her non-native English, she addresses the emotional brutality of our time.
What makes a good kid?s book?