Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Robert Olen Butler, author of Hell.
(Broadcast date: Dec 9, 2009)
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Memoirists Michelle Maisto and Abigail Thomas
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Michelle Maisto, author of The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love and Abigail Thomas, author of Thinking About Memoir.
(Broadcast Date: November 11, 2009)
Writers as Plunderers
Over the years I cut out articles and essays from various magazines and newspapers and, along the way, throw some out while others are keepers. Those I keep I sometimes later find in the most unlikely places.
I found this one, “Writers as Plunderers,” which ran in the New York Times in 1998, on my dryer in the garage. It’s yellowed and brittle, but still timely. I found what the writer said about why we’re so fascinated with true stories especially interesting. See what you think.
Jonathan Lethem and Elizabeth Benedict
Marrie Stone interviews Jonathan Lethem, author of Chronic City, and Elizabeth Benedict, author of Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives.
(Broadcast date: Nov 18, 2009)
How to write a great novel
Fascinating article in the WSJ.
Pen on Fire Speakers Series with Danzy Senna and Norman Ollestad
Our Evening with Memoirists rocked. Another glorious sold-out event with a ton of writers and many readers present. We stuffed Scape Gallery until there wasn’t one chair left to occupy. Danzy and Norman have both been on the show, at different times. On this page you can search their names for the podcast of those radio shows. In the meantime, we’ll podcast the recording of this event in then next couple of months, so keep checking back.
The next event with T. Jefferson Parker is scheduled for Jan. 26. We’ll celebrate the publication of his new book, Iron River. Hope to see you there!
(Top photo, Norman Ollestad; credit: Marrie Stone. Middle photo, Danzy Senna and Norman Ollestad; credit: Adele Peters. Bottom photo, Danzy Senna, Norman Ollestad, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett; photo credit: Marrie Stone.)
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Palm Springs Noir, an anthology published by Akashic Books, edited by Barbara, also features her short story “The Water Holds You Still.” Order anywhere you buy books.
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A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within
Los Angeles Times bestseller and winner of the 2005 ASJA Outstanding Book Award
Music for Typing
Get in the flow with typewriter music by Travis Barrett.
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