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Siblings' Separation Haunts In 'Kite Runner' Author's Latest

May 19, 2013 — Khaled Hosseini's new novel, like his two earlier works, is set partly in Afghanistan — but this time, political turmoil isn't a major element of the plot. Instead, And The Mountains Echoed is a story of a family's loss that spans decades and continents.

Stories Of Hope Amid America's 'Unwinding'

May 19, 2013 — When the factory she worked at closed down, Tammy Thomas reinvented herself as a community organizer; and when Dean Price's truck stop business went belly up, he became a champion of biofuel. In a new book, George Packer examines how ordinary people are adapting to a new America.

'Waiting To Be Heard' No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out

May 18, 2013 — Less than two months into her study abroad program in Italy, Amanda Knox was accused and eventually convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. After her conviction was overturned, Knox returned home to Seattle — and now faces a potential retrial. Knox tells her story in a new memoir.

Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'

May 18, 2013 — Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.

'That's That': A Memoir Of Loving And Leaving Northern Ireland

May 18, 2013 — Colin Broderick's new memoir, That's That, chronicles his childhood in Northern Ireland during the modern-day "Troubles." Broderick says growing up in what was essentially a war zone seemed normal to him at the time.

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Canton Plant Manager Joseph W. Neubert presented North Country Public Radio Underwriting Director Sandy Demarest with a $6,000 check representing Corning Incorporated Foundation’s ongoing support of NCPR's local and national news coverage and its contemporary literature series Readers & Writers on the Air. Corning Foundation has been a stalwart supporter of NCPR's mission since 1982.

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The books to be discussed are available at public libraries throughout northern New York and western Vermont or may be purchased at discount prices at the following participating bookstores. Please identify yourself as a listener to North Country Public Radio's literature series when you request the discount:

The St. Lawrence University Bookstore, Canton, NY
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About Readers & Writers

Readers & Writers, NCPR's conversation on contemporary literature, invites into the studio visiting authors, and invites listeners to call in to join the conversation.

The program is hosted by NCPR station manager Ellen Rocco, and Chris Robinson of Clarkson University. Members of the St. Lawrence University English Department faculty sometimes join Ellen on the program.

Recent Readers & Writers programs

Readers & Writers on the Air: Summer Reading Call-in

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Jul 08, 2004 — Hosts Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and Rick Hunter recommend favorite summer reading for 2004 in this two-hour special edition of Readers & Writers. Listener calls and emails help build up an impressive list to keep even the most workaholic glued to the hammock until the leaves fall. The complete list is available below. Go to full article

Readers & Writers on the Air: Regional Poetry Special, hour 1

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Apr 01, 2004 — Readers & Writers call-in on contemporary literature wraps up its tenth anniversary season with a two-hour program surveying poets of the region. Callers share their favorite work with hosts Ellen and Rocco and Chris Robinson, and guest poets Michael Coffey, Joe Duemer, Roger Mitchell and Dale Hobson. Go to full article

Readers & Writers: Regional Fiction

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Mar 09, 2004 — The postponed February edition of Readers & Writers on the Air, our call-in on contemporary literature. The focus is on fiction by regional authors. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, and callers, talk with two exceptionally talented novelists and short fiction writers: Elizabeth Innes-Brown, author of Burning Marguerite, and Chris Bohjalian, author of Midwives, The Law of Similiars, and The Buffalo Soldier. Go to full article

Readers & Writers on the Air: New Regional Fiction

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Mar 04, 2004 — Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, along with callers, talk with the authors of two new novels with regional connections. Sue Halpern's The Book of Hard Things and Roxana Robinson's Sweetwater will be the focus of our conversation. Go to full article

Readers & Writers on the Air: 2004 Winter Reading Call-in

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Jan 08, 2004 — NCPR callers join host Ellen Rocco and guests Chris Robinson and Rick Hunter in compiling a fireside must-read list of regional authors and writing. Go to full article

Readers & Writers on the Air: Regional Humor

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Dec 04, 2003 — Guest writers Tim Brookes and Joe Connelly join hosts Chris Robinson and Ellen Rocco and callers to talk about humor writing by regional authors. What to read: "A Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow": An American Hitchhiking Odyssey, Tim Brookes; Crumbtown, Joe Connelly. *Due to a technical problem, this program was not recorded. Go to full article

Readers & Writers on the Air: Regional Nonfiction

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Nov 06, 2003 — In our call-in on contemporary literature, hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson explore nonfiction by regional authors with help from Christopher Shaw, author of Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods; Thurston Clarke, author of Pearl Harbor Ghosts: The Legacy of December 7, 1941;and Phil Harnden, author of Journeys of Simplicity: From the Lives of Thomas Merton, Basho, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard and others and with help from NCPR listeners. Go to full article

Readers & Writers on the Air: An Overview of the Region's Literature, pt. 1

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Oct 09, 2003 — In its tenth season opener, this call-in on contemporary literature looks at the literature of the area. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson are joined in the studio by poet/teacher Maurice Kenny and writer/editor Neal Burdick. Joining the discussion by phone are our listeners, as well as Adirondack Life magazine editor Betsy Folwell and essayist Bill McKibben. Go to full article

Readers & Writers on the Air: An Overview of the Region's Literature, pt. 2

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Oct 09, 2003 — The second hour of the tenth season opener of this call-in on contemporary literature. Go to full article

Readers & Writers Summer Reading Call-in

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Jul 10, 2003 — Readers and Writers on the Air's Ellen Rocco is joined by co-host Chris Robinson and guest Lenny Golay of Manhattan's famed Corner Bookstore to talk with callers about their favorite summer reading for 2003. Go to full article

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