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1622 EpisodenFriends of Michael
Longtime friend and editor of Bookworm, Alan Howard, returns to host this episode, the last of 10 shows to journey through Bookworm’s 33 years and off...
Chapter 9: Grief and Loss
Close friend of Michael Silverblatt’s and Bookworm editor for 30 years, Alan Howard guest hosts this episode on grief and loss. When the two met more...
Poetry
Poet, author, and co-founder of The Song Cave, Alan Felsenthal guest hosts this episode’s focus on poetry. As a close friend and mentee of Michael Sil...
The Story of America, Pt. 3
Prolific author Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, co-founder of 826 National, and other significant projects, first met Micheal Silverblatt in 2000...
The Story of America, Pt. 2
Prolific author Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, co-founder of 826 National, and other significant projects, first met Micheal Silverblatt in 2000...
The Story of America, Pt. 1
Claudia Rankine, award-winning poet and author of Citizen: An American Lyric, a book-length poem about the pernicious racism of American daily life, h...
The Confederacy of Bookworms
Guest host Mary Corey, teacher of American history at UCLA and author of "The World Through a Monocle" about The New Yorker Magazine, teaches a course...
The Nobel Laureates, Pt.2
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industri...
The Nobel Laureates, Pt.1
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industri...
The Arc of Bookworm
This episode takes us through the arc of Bookworm’s existence: Michael started the program with worries about the future of literature, found hope in...
Michelle Huneven: ‘Search’
Los Angeles-based author Michelle Huneven joins Evan Kleiman to discuss her latest book, “Search.” In this engaging and funny literary fiction novel,...
Natalia Molina: ‘A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community’
Natalia Molina tells the story of Nayarit, her grandmother’s Mexican restaurant, a space that became a cherished hub for immigrants and the LGBTQ comm...
Emily Skillings and John Yau: John Ashbery’s “Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works” (Re-air)
Editor/poet Emily Skillings and poet/critic John Yau speak about an iconic poet of the 21st century, John Ashbery, and his posthumous book, “Parallel...
Rita Dove: “Playlist for the Apocalypse” (Re-air)
Rita Dove’s new book of poetry, “Playlist for the Apocalypse,” goes in many different historical and personal directions.
Robert Jones, Jr.: “The Prophets” (Re-air)
The debut novel of Robert Jones, Jr., “The Prophets,” is lyrical prose about the dimensionality and interiority of people.
Paul Tran’s wildly impressive debut poetry book, ‘All the Flowers Kneeling’
Paul Tran says that poetry can live on a page. This show discusses the abundant life in their debut poetry book, “All the Flowers Kneeling.” Tran join...
Tobias Wolff on Harry Crews’ ‘A Childhood: The Biography of a Place’
Writer Tobias Wolff speaks about a dark book that remains loving, Harry Crews 1978 classic “A Childhood: The Biography of a Place.” Wolff wrote the fo...
Tao Lin’s ‘Leave Society’ shifts the author’s perspective to love and kindness
Acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Tao Lin (“Taipei,” “Shoplifting from American Apparel”) speaks about growing as a writer, and growing his idea...
Zac Smith’s ‘Everything is Totally Fine,’ the book that reopened Tao Lin’s Muumuu House
Author Zac Smith speaks about the extreme juxtaposition of the very short, dense, and clipped stories in his new book, “Everything is Totally Fine.” H...
Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett pushes questions of race and color to their extremes in her new novel, The Vanishing Half.
Sarah Manguso’s ‘Very Cold People’ and life’s overwhelming small moments
A distinguished writer of books in various forms — poetry, essay, memoir — Sarah Manguso embarks on her first novel with “Very Cold People,” a strikin...
Sheila Heti: “Pure Colour”
At the beginning of Sheila Heti’s new book, “Pure Colour,” God looks at a first-draft world he should get around to changing. The reader meets protago...
Tom Bissell: ‘Creative Types: and Other Stories’
Journalist and author Tom Bissell’s new short fiction collection, “Creative Types: and Other Stories,” is about people trying to solve the problem of...
Tessa Hadley: “Free Love”
Tessa Hadley’s new book, “Free Love” (Harper), is set in 1967 London at the beginning of the counterculture movement that swept the world. The protago...
Antoine Wilson: “Mouth to Mouth”
Canadian-American author Antoine Wilson discusses the work he put into writing entertaining pages for his new short book, “Mouth to Mouth” (Avid Reade...
John Keene: “Punks: New & Selected Poems” (The Song Cave)
“Punks: New & Selected Poems” is expansive poetry from John Keene, one of our time’s most notable writers. Seven sections offer different perspectives...
In Memory of Joan Didion: 'Blue Nights'
After the deaths of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and her daughter, Quintana, Joan Didion wrote "Blue Nights," the most personal and poetic book of...
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers: “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” (Part 2)
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers discusses writing about the full range of a community, its sexuality and gender, in her first fiction novel, “The Love Songs o...
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers: “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” (Part 1)
Master poet Honoree Fanonne Jeffers discusses her fiction debut, “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois.”
Stephen Sondheim: Finishing the Hat
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes (Knopf)
A co...
Dave Eggers: “The Every” (Part 2)
Dave Eggers further discusses his new book, “The Every.”
Dave Eggers: “The Every” (Part 1)
“The Every” is the new book by Dave Eggers, a follow-up to his book “The Circle.”
Louise Erdrich: “The Sentence”
Every bookstore is haunted, and Louise Erdrich’s new book, “The Sentence,” is about one.
Sandra Cisneros: “Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo”
“Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo” is a bilingual new book by Sandra Cisneros.
Diane Williams: “How High? – That High”
Idiosyncratic short story writer Diane Williams discusses her new book, “How High? – That High.”
Mary Gaitskill: “The Devil's Treasure”
Mary Gaitskill’s "The Devil’s Treasure” features sections from her previous novels and an unfinished novel, commentary, illustrations, and a story ins...
Teresa K. Miller with Carol Muske-Dukes “Borderline Fortune”
Teresa K. Miller discusses “Borderline Fortune,” which won her the National Poetry Series, when she was about ready to give up on herself.
Atsuro Riley: “Heard-Hoard”
Atsuro Riley says he wrote “Heard-Hoard” with a kind of pacing he could feel in his body.
Jackie Kay: “Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend”
Jackie Kay’s “Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend” is a terrific mixture of memoir and biography.
Rabih Alameddine: “The Wrong End of the Telescope”
Rabih Alameddine speaks about being in love with the characters in his new novel, “The Wrong End of the Telescope."