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Author interviews
Challenging the Assumption "Growth is Good"
Nov 01, 2001 — It's generally accepted that economic growth is good. David Sommerstein talks with a biologist who challenges that notion: Brian Czech, author of Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train: Errant Economists, Shameful Spenders, and a Plan to Stop Them All. Go to full article
Living North Country: A Talk with the Editors
Oct 29, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with editors Neal Burdick and Natalia Singer about their new book, Living North Country: Essays on Life and Landscape in Northern New York. Go to full article
Look Under Guys, Sensitive, New Age
Oct 19, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with SLU Gender Studies professor Joel Morton and Peter E. Murphy, author of the book Studs, Tools and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By. Go to full article
Redaers & Writers: Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor, Michael J. Rosen, editor
Oct 02, 2001 — This is the best and most comprehensive sample of contemporary humorous writing. Guest Michael Rosen has included well-known as well as emerging voices--but all are at the... Go to full article
Authors: Stephen Doheny-Farina, The Grid and the Village
Sep 11, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with Stephen Doheny-Farina, author of The Grid and the Village, about losing electricity, finding community and surviving disaster. His book is a... Go to full article
People: Peter Owens, Author of Rips, a St. Lawrence River Historical Novel
Aug 30, 2001 — A trip to an island on the St. Lawrence river for a chat with author Peter Owens. His family's island is the setting for a historical novel about life on the St. Lawrence... Go to full article
Sandra Weber, author of Mt Marcy: The High Peak of New York
Aug 06, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with author Sandra Weber about her book on Mount Marcy, New York's highest peak. Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Jun 07, 2001 — With Neuromancer guest William Gibson did more than launch a highly successful and disturbing novel of science fiction, he launched an entire sub-genre now known as... Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
May 03, 2001 — Guest Anne Michaels's startlingly beautiful debut novel, Fugitive Pieces tells the interlocking stories of two men from different generations whose lives have been... Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Three Books by Barry Lopez
Apr 05, 2001 — In this edition of our call-in on contemporary literature, we talk with author Barry Lopez about three of his books: About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of... Go to full article
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