PODCAST · arts
Bookworm
by KCRW
Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.
Episodes
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Mark Helprin
Swan Lake
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O'Brien; Sullivan; Sorrentino
editor, Dalkey Archive Press;The Dead Magician;Mysterioso
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Manuel Puig
The Mystery of the Rose Banquet (a play)
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Julian Barnes and Kazou Ishiguro
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters; The Remains of the Day
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Oliver Sacks: Seeing Voices
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
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Cynthia Kadohata and Briah Kiteley
The Floating World;Still Life with Insects
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Tracy Kidder
Among Schoolchildren
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Michael Dorris
The Broken Cord
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Wizard of Oz
film's 50th anniversary w/ Aljean Harmetz, The Making of the Wizard of Oz
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Ishmael Reed
The Terrible Three's
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Mary Morris; Michael Goth
The Waiting Room;owner of Phoenix Bookstore
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Amy Tan and Faith Sale
The Joy Luck Club
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Dennis Cooper
Closer
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Greil Marcus
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century
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Poets under 35
David Trinidad; Nicholas Christopher, editor of Under Thirtyfive
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Lynn Sharon Schwartz
Leaving Brooklyn
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Elmore Leonard; John Steppling
Bookworm Michael Silverblatt interviews author Elmore Leonard and playwright John Steppling. Then Steppling interviews Leonard.
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Jane Vandenberg
Failure to Zig Zag
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Tim Cahill; Mitch Siskind
A Wolverine is Eating My Leg;
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Neal Gabler
Edridanos Press
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Douglas Messerli; John F. Baker
Michael Silverblatt speaks with Douglas Messerli, Editor in Chief of Sun & Moon Press, winner of the 1987 Carey-Thomas Award for Creative Publishing given yearly for the most imaginative publishing venture of the year. Michael begins by speaking with John F. Baker, Editor in Chief of Publishers...
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Friends 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 offer a retrospective look at Michael’s accomplishments on behalf of writers and readers. For decades Michael has read almost all of a writer’s work,...
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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 than 33 years ago, Michael’s first words were, “What are you reading?” It was a question that brought Howard back to literature. Over the years,...
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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 Silverblatt’s, Felsenthal recalls Michael’s revelation that he had trouble finding his way into poetry until he had several formative experiences,...
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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, upon the publication of his first book –– a critically acclaimed memoir whose title he calls, "obnoxious." They formed a friendship over 22 years...
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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, upon the publication of his first book –– a critically acclaimed memoir whose title he calls, "obnoxious." They formed a friendship over 22 years...
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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, hosts the first of a three-part episode on the story of America, as told through literary fiction. Over the decades Michael Silverblatt spoke with...
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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 on American popular culture that explores the blurry lines between perceived high culture and what we think of as popular culture. In this…
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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 industrialist Alfred Nobel, “In the field of literature produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction.” Michael Silverblatt spoke with…
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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 industrialist Alfred Nobel, “In the field of literature produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction.” Michael Silverblatt spoke with…
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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 the up-and-coming new writers, and proceeded to highlight authors of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and geographies.
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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, main character Dana Potowski writes a memoir that describes the steps of her Unitarian Universalist Church congregation’s year-long search for its...
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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 community in Echo Park.
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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 Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works.”
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Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.
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