Memoirists Melissa Stephenson, author of Driven, and Elizabeth Rosner, author of Survivor Cafe, talk with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about the art, craft, and business of writing their books.
(Broadcast date: July 25, 2018)
It’s my great pleasure to talk with Patt Morrison, author of Don’t Stop the Presses! and Amy Wallen, author of the memoir, When We Were Ghouls. Listen!
(Broadcast date: July 18, 2018)
Editor and Bloomsbury Press publisher Peter Ginna, author of What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Editing, talks about what goes into the acquisition of a title, what editors look for, the changes in publishing, and more.
(Broadcast date: July 4, 2018)
Christina Lynch, author of The Italian Party and memoirist Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, spend this penultimate day of May talking about their work with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett on Writers on Writing, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
(Broadcast date: May 30, 2018)
Novelist Michael Zadoorian, author of The Leisure Seeker talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about his novel (recently made into a film with Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland).
(Original broadcast date: March 31, 2010)
Novelist Lisa See, author of the novel, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett for the entire hour about her book, how it came to be, Pu’er tea, and the Akha culture. They also discuss her mother, the late great writer, Carolyn See.
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(Broadcast date: May 9, 2018)
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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