Latest Episodes
#1639: Sharon Olds’ “Arias”
Sharon Olds is renowned for poetry that examines marriage, motherhood, intimacy, and the human condition. She is the author of 13 books of poetry...
#1638: Gail Collins’ “When Everything Changed” and “America’s Women”
New York Times columnist Gail Collins has written a new book on a subject that is timelier than ever: women and aging in America....
#1637: Elizabeth Strout’s “Olive, Again”
Olive Kitteridge, the funny, wicked, remorseful and gruff woman who was the propelling force in Elizabeth Strout’s book of short stories “Olive Kitteridge” –...
#1636: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Rick Atkinson’s “The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777”
Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson, who wrote the best-selling “Liberation” trilogy about the American effort in Europe during the Second World War, has now...
#1635: Sean Penn’s “Bob Honey Sings Jimmy Crack Corn”
Sean Penn won Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances in “Mystic River” and “Milk.” He is also a novelist. His debut novel...
#1634: Alice Hoffman’s “The World That We Knew”
Alice Hoffman’s latest book is a bittersweet parable about the costs of survival and the behaviors that define humanity. “The World That We Knew”...