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Sure, we may still see some frosty nights, but the days have lengthened and the end of the school season is within sight. When I was growing up–regardless of where I spent the summer months–reading was a big part of my vacation. I...
We know the cliches: “Home is where the heart is;” “Home is where when you knock at the door, they have to let you in;” “Home is a haven in a heartless world;” and so on. These platitudes might express a deep truth for some of us, but,...
One of the hottest books in America right now is F. Scott Fizgerald’s The Great Gatsby, which at its heart is the tale of a self-made man’s obsession with a larger-than-life woman, Daisy Buchanan. It’s a fantastic book, with all...
An unscheduled press conference with President Obama pre-empted broadcast of our Readers & Writers conversation with Terry Tempest Williams. Online audio of the conversation in now available. Terry Tempest Williams will be our guest Tuesday,...
Tuesday, April 23, 4-5 pm, a first for the NCPR book club: a live broadcast from the library at Fort Drum with Siobhan Fallon, the author of the short story collection, “You Know When the Men Are Gone.” Audio archive of our conversation...
Books and Authors
May 24, 2013 — The Guns at Last Light concludes Rick Atkinson's World War II trilogy. It debuts at No. 4.
May 24, 2013 — At No. 13, a pilot fights to survive after a devastating pandemic in Peter Heller's The Dog Stars.
May 24, 2013 — An expanded edition of Wreck This Journal encourages creative destruction. It appears at No. 14.
Special Features
No Bigger Than a Piano Box: a North Country Schoolhouse in 1893
By historian Betsy Kepes. Based on the 1893 diary of a North Country schoolteacher. A Women's History Month special. Teacher's guide and CD available.
A Franklin Manor Christmas
Paul Willcott of Saranac Lake reads his original Adirondack holiday story set in a down-at-heels former cure cottage and monastery occupied by a lonesome ex-professor.
Readers & Writers: Medicine River by Thomas King
Jan 31, 2002 — As tonight's guest author Thomas King puts it, "tragedy is the topic, comedy is the strategy." This is a tale of Native America--laugh-out-loud funny, as well as "precise and elegant" as the New York Times reviewer wrote. Tom King is one of the most important humorous literary voices on the American landscape, and writes compellingly about life as an Indian in the day-to-day world of the late 20th and current century. Go to full article
The 25 Books Campaign: Reading Immersion at Clifton-Fine
Jan 15, 2002 — A small St. Lawrence County school does its part to improve literacy and motivate readers. Students at Clifton-Fine are given books as rewards for reading. Todd Moe reports. Go to full article
People: Naturalist Ed Kanze, on the Australia Bush Fires
Jan 04, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with naturalist Ed Kanze, author of the book "Kangaroo Dreaming," about massive fires burning in New South Wales, Australia. The country has a long history of fire, and some plants thrive on fire, but people settled on the landscape complicate the picture. Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel by Paul Lussier
Nov 01, 2001 — Guest: Paul Lussier. Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel is a new work of fiction described as "an audacious tale of the American Revolution from the... Go to full article
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... 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
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