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WordSmitten produces the About the Books broadcast on Sunday afternoons at 5 PM. Our interviews for 2014 include Johnny Temple, book publisher (Akashic Books), and chair of the Brooklyn Literary Council. Recent segments include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King (Devil in the Grove), literary legend Tom Robbins, Guy Kawasaki (Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur (APE): How to Publish a Book") and Sara Nelson, returning guest to talk about her legendary career as editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly (PW), as book editor of the Oprah Magazine, and now editorial director of a division of Amazon. Visit www.About-the-Books.com for all our interviews with great authors. WordSmitten. www.WordSmitten.com www.About-the-Books.com www.twitter.com/wordsmitten www.meetup.com/wordsmitten www.WordSmittenMedia.com

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Ready for a journey to Canada? Kate Sullivan interviews romance novelist Bobby Hutchinson, to discuss her newest book (November 2009/Langdon Street Press) titled "Blue Collar B&B," and reveal the secrets of late bloomers, reinvention,... more
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Kate interviews the author of nine novels, three collections of short stories, and a biography of St. Francis of Assisi, the notable best-selling author Valerie Martin. Her newly launched novel, "THE CONFESSIONS OF EDWARD DAY," is a... more
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Kate Sullivan interviews Francine Prose, the author of fifteen books of fiction, including "Blue Angel" -- a finalist for the National Book Award. Her newest book, "Anne Frank: the Book, the Life, the Afterlife," launches this week. Her novel,... more
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Kate Sullivan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg. His best-selling and critically acclaimed books depict the people of the foothills of the Appalachians and the titles are: "All Over but the Shoutin’" and "Ava’s Man".... more
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WordSmitten's host, Kate Sullivan, interviews notable author Jane Smiley, the author of ten works of fiction, including The Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, and A Thousand Acres, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::... more
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Kate Sullivan interviews Michael Collier, live from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Middlebury, Vermont. Michael Collier, director of the conference, is the author of five books of poems: The Clasp and Other Poems; The Folded... more
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Kate Sullivan interviews former New York City DJ Jo Maeder to discuss her debut memoir, "When I Married My Mother: A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters -- and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo" -- (Da Capo, 292 pages,... more
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Kate Sullivan interviews Jonathan Tropper, author of "THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU." Recent reviews: "A snappy and heartfelt family drama... The family's interactions are sharp, raw, and often laugh-out-loud funny... Tropper strikes an... more
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Kate Sullivan interviews comedy writers and LA film folks, Jeff Cowan and Chicago native Matthew Gill. Gill trained at famed Second City, earned a BA in advertising from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and completed the... more
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Tune in to the fun. Kate Sullivan interviews two guests on Sunday, June 28. Guests on the show include Noleen McGrath, a broadcast maven and media savvy individual who is a colleague of our second guest. McGrath provides... more
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