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I Need More Food

I Need More Food

Great show. Please continue with the good content! :)

Terry a O'Neal

Terry a O'Neal

Great show! Please check out the story of a missing boy from Ft. Lauderdale @ www.HopeofFindingaSon.com I will tune in this evening! Best, Terry a O'Neal www.TerryONeal.com

Avid Reader

Avid Reader

Jane Friedman is so down to earth. Great show, Kate and thanks for all your interviews. This was excellent.

Avid Reader

Avid Reader

Great Valentine's Day shows.

Judy Joy Jones Show

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You have a wonderful show!..The Judy Joy Jones Show

WordSmitten.com

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WordSmitten Guidelines. For an author to be a guest on the show, these are our guidelines. (Note: We select editors and publishing executives by invitation only.) 1. We look for guests who have depth, humor, and insight into the craft of writing. 2. If you are a debut author, please send a query letter to our office and include either a synopsis or A.R.E. (advance edition) of your book. 3. If you are self-published, our policy, currently, is to not review non-trade publications. That policy may change in 2009, so check back with us. 4. We receive too many requests to personally respond to each request. If your query letter is brief, polite, and witty, we tend to respond if we are interested in bringing you in as a guest. 5. We produce and broadcast interviews from our studios located in St. Petersburg, Florida. We do broadcast live from our BTR home when our guests are based in New York. Thank you for your interest in being a guest on the WordSmitten about the books broadcast. We appreciate your support of these programs. For more information, visit us at www.wordsmitten.com and if you are interested in our workshops, visit us at Meetup.com for our schedule. The Editors and Staff WordSmitten Media, Inc, (c) 2008 WordSmitten Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. WordSmitten is a registered trademark.

Literary Media Spot

Literary Media Spot

I'll be tuning in to the archived recording. Is this show on iTunes BTR show listings, too?

Literary Media Spot

Literary Media Spot

i'll be tuning in to the archived recording. Is this show on iTunes BTR show listings, too?

Literary Media Spot

Literary Media Spot

I enjoyed listening to Joe Skibell's interview. He was entertaining. Keep up the good work, thanks.

Literary Media Spot

Literary Media Spot

Just saw you on the Features page today. Sorry I can't listen in live as my show airs same time Sundays for the past year and a half. I'll tune in to the archived recordings.

Olivia Wilder

Olivia Wilder

I'm so sorry I'll miss Natalie Goldberg live, but I'll be traveling on Sunday, the 18th! Darn. I have been a fan since I first bought "Writing Down The Bones" back in 1988 or thereabouts. I'll be sure to catch the archive. Olivia

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First time to WordSmitten? Don't let us tell you who we are, Google us to see why we are consistently on Google's Page One in the world of writing and publishing. Test Drive Keywords: "call for fiction" or "literary fiction" and "Eric Simonoff," Or, look for our reports on these great book publishing editors, authors, and executives: Doubleday senior editor "Nan Talese" and Disney Hyperion editor "Brenda Copeland" or for book-to-film, Peter Dekom. WordSmitten is a predominantly volunteer corporation. We thank our great advisory board members for helping us to support those of us misguided folks who write novels, short stories, and non-fiction books.

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Recent guests include Jonathan Tropper, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Edward P. Jones and journalist and author Gay Talese (Mr. New York), National Book Award honorees Fiona Maazel and Sana Krasikov, sportswriter Jeff Pearlman, and author Natalie Goldberg.

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  • Upcoming Episodes

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    Category: Writing

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    Tune in to the fun. Listen every Sunday afternoon at 4 PM for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. Interested in novels, short stories, and non-fiction books? WordSmitten's host, Kate Sullivan, interviews notable authors, editors, literary agents, and publishing executives. These storytellers engage in lively and entertaining discussions about the people, the books, and the business of writing. Listen to authors describing the process, the travel adventures, the researc
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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. ::::::::::::Author Appears on WordSmitten Talk Show,Jane Smiley,A Thousand Acres,Pulitzer Prize-winning author,blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten::::::::::::::: Her recent books include Horse Heaven and Moo. Her essays appear in Vogue, The New Yorker, Practical Horseman, Harper's, and the New York Times Magazine. :::::::::::: She has written on politics, farming, horse training, child-rearing, literature, impulse buying, getting dressed, Barbie, marriage, and many other topics. :::::::::::: She is now at work on a novel about sex set in Hollywood. Kate Sullivan looks forward to discussing any items that include horses, tinsel town, and critters of any persuasion, ones that make the world more interesting. We are delighted to have this outstanding writer on the broadcast. Jane Smiley lives in Northern California with her three children, three dogs, and her sixteen (and counting) horses. Born in Los Angeles, California, Jane moved to the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, then received her BA at Vassar College. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Tune in to the fun. www.wordsmitten.com www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten www.meetup.com/wordsmitten www.twitter.com/wordsmitten
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    Author Joseph Skibell and Poet Peter Meinke

    Part One :: Creative Writing Professor Joseph Skibell, who teaches in Atlanta, talks with Kate Sullivan about his European research for his expansive novels, his body of work, and comparisons with Philip Roth's canon of writing, including Portnoy's Complaint. Part Two :: Author and Poet Peter Meinke, winner of the Flannery O'Connor short fiction award, reads from his book "Liquid Paper" and discusses life in Brooklyn.

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    Author Elizabeth Gaffney (Part One) and Author Michael C. White (Part Two)

    Part One: "Metropolis" --an exploration of New York's early struggle for water rights for the growing city's immigrant and resident population, is Elizabeth Gaffney's recent novel. In this interview, she discusses the era, the graft, the greed, and the political backstory for her bestselling novel. Part Two: Michael C. White, author and educator, discusses his newest novel, his creative writing courses at Stonecoast (Maine), and his criteria for writers to submit to a literary magazine.

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    A former Paris Review advisory editor, Elizabeth Gaffney, talks with Kate

    In her interview with Elizabeth Gaffney, Kate asks about the research, the writing, and the development of Gaffney's novel, "Metropolis" --a compelling read.

    From Publishers Weekly

    A former Paris Review advisory editor, Gaffney crafts a richly atmospheric debut in which a bewildered immigrant loses his heart to a tough Irish lass in 1860s New York. Introduced first as "the stableman," the young hero finally identified as Frank Harris fled his native Germany to start a new life. But he's quickly framed by a master criminal and arsonist, then kidnapped by Beatrice O'Gamhna and told he must join the notorious Whyo gang—or else. Frank's luck veers from terrible to wonderful and back again in this suspenseful novel, and the jobs he acquires—laying cobblestones, working in sewers, building the Brooklyn Bridge—allow Gaffney to describe the burgeoning activity of a city absorbing its immigrants into projects that increase the power of the metropolis. Her portrait of the real but poorly documented Whyo gang gives them a handsome, despicable leader, his seemingly benign but powerful mother and a secret means of communicating described in Asbury's The Gangs of New York. Two graduates of the Women's Medical College who offer abortions to poor women, a black Civil War veteran who befriends Frank, and a benevolent business man with Dickensian resonances add more period color. While it never attains the narrative urgency of Doctorow's evocations of 19th-century New York, the novel's well-researched historical background, enlivened by descriptions of the criminal underworld and the off-beat love story, should ensure wide interest.
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