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WordSmitten :: About the BooksKate Sullivan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, debut novelists, publishers, and editors. In this segment, Kate interviews Manhattan literary agent Harvey Klinger who talks about his relationships with acq
Tom Robbins, author of nine novels including "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume" appears on the About the Books broadcast to discuss his newest book, "Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life." Robbins, who tau
In today's segment of About the Books, Kate Sullivan interviews author Tarashea Nesbit. Her new book, "The Wives of Los Alamos," is a debut novel that explores the hidden side of scientific and collateral damage that happened when the United St
On March 16, 2014, Kate Sullivan interviews Johnny Temple, publisher and editor-in-chief of Akashic Books. He is also the chair of the Brooklyn Literary Council, which works with Brooklyn's borough president to plan the annual Brooklyn Book Fes
Kate Sullivan interviews author Deborah Johnson for a discussion about her book, The Secret of Magic. Launched this month by Amy Einhorn Books (Putnam/Penguin USA), Johnson's recent novel explores the era when Thurgood Marshall was "the lawyer"
Kate Sullivan interviews author and creative writing instructor Dani Shapiro on this segment of About the Books.Her most recent book, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, has been called "instructive and inspiring" by V
Tune in Sunday afternoons for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. Recent guests include Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Gilbert King (Devil in the Grove), Paul Harding (Tinkers), Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres), Elizabeth Strout (Olive
Kate Sullivan interviews Greg Freeman, author of "The Gathering Wind: Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea" (Penguin/New American Library 2013). Also, Freeman authored "Sailors to the End." Tune in to the
Host Kate Sullivan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King, featured at the Times Festival of Reading. The annual event is held on the University of South Florida campus on the waterfront at St. Petersburg and the broadcast is l
Welcome to WordSmitten, and to our About the Books broadcast.This special segment welcomes Karen Long who spearheads a notable event, and the winners, of the 78th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. This year's award-winning authors are:•
Allison Amend, author of A Nearly Perfect Copy, talks with Kate Sullivan about her novel, released this month from from the Nan A. Talese imprint/Random House. The novel, set in Manhattan, includes the topics of million-dollar-art forgeries, in
Kate Sullivan interviews Gilbert King who discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning book. He is the author of Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General
Smuggling orchids, selling orchids for more than $10,000 (each) for rare plants, and government agents who track illegal import/export activities. It's all part of Craig Pittman's book, The Scent of Scandal. Pittman, a 20-year veteran newsp
Welcome to today's broadcast. In this segment of About the Books the former editor-in-chief of PW--Sara Nelson--returns as a guest on the show. After her tenure at PW, she was the book editor at the Hearst-run O, The Oprah Magazine. In June 2
With his legendary run as one of the early Apple Computer compadres (they called them evangelists), Guy Kawasaki earned a place in our super-chippy motherboard history. (Disclaimer: Kate owned an Apple II, a II+, avoided the Lisa, and will not
Tune in to the fun. Listen Sunday afternoons for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. Tom Robbins, the legendary author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Jitterbug Perfume, and B is for Beer talks with Kate Sullivan on November 25 to disc
In today's segment of the WordSmitten About the Books broadcast, Kate Sullivan interviews the CEO of Byliner, John Tayman. According to Fast Company, this hot new online firm is "One of the Ten Most Innovative Media Companies in the World."
Welcome to WordSmitten, glad you’e joining us for this edition of About the Books.Our guest today is Leslie Mandel-Herzog, founder and owner of the RichList company and wife of the legendary author and journalist Arthur Herzog.The topic is e
Tune in to the fun on Sunday afternoons for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. Kate Sullivan interviews Harold Augenbraum who discusses this year's finalists for the National Book Awards. The National Book Foundation's finalists fo
Tune in to the fun. Listen Sunday afternoons to the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast.From the shadow of Greek mythology bursts a profoundly enlightening debut novel by Madeline Miller, who touches on the topics of love between men, of co
On September 23, Kate Sullivan interviews debut author Wendy Welch who discusses her memoir, The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap.Welch discusses her hard-to-find bookshop, recruiting a shop-sitter (they found one as a result of coverage by
Tune in to the fun. Listen each Sunday afternoon for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast.In today's segment, Kate Sullivan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding, author of Tinkers. Harding teaches creative writing at H
Kate Sullivan interviews author Rosanne Bane [https://www.rosannebane.com] who discusses her debut book, "Around the Writer's Block."Bane, an instructor with the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis [https://www.loft.org/], provides techniques f
Kate Sullivan interviews Ned Stuckey-French, author of The American Essay in the American Century (University of Missouri Press, 2011). He discusses his recently released book and the shocking news that the University of Missouri Press is clo
Tune in to the fun. Listen each Sunday afternoon for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast.Kate Sullivan interviews author and Emory University professor Joseph Skibell.He discusses his book, A Curable Romantic. Set in 1800s Vienna, t
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