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  The WordSmitten Weekly Broadcast :: About the Books

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  Date / Time: 11/22/2009 9:00 PM UTC

  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 :: Bestselling Author Francine Prose ::

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  Date / Time: 9/30/2009 11:00 PM UTC

  Category: Books

  
  

  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, Goldengrove, was published in September 2008. She is the president of PEN American Center. She lives in New York City. ========================= In "Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife," Francine Prose, who is author of "Reading Like a Writer," explores the artistry, ambition, and enduring influence of Anne Frank’s classic, "The Diary of a Young Girl." Approved by both the Anne Frank House Foundation in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank-Fonds in Basel, run by the Frank family, this work of literary criticism unravels the complex, fascinating story of the diary and effectively makes the case for it being a work of art from a precociously gifted writer. ====================== WordSmitten. www.wordsmitten.com www.twitter.com/wordsmitten

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  Date / Time: 1/31/2009 10:24 PM UTC

  Writing Down the Bones :: On SuperBowl Sunday :: Kate's Interview with Natalie Goldberg ::

  Kate Sullivan's favorite "About the Books" interview with Natalie Goldberg airs on SuperBowl Sunday. The author of ten books, including Writing Down the Bones, which has sold over one million copies and has been translated into twelve languages, Natalie Goldberg discusses intimate details of her life, the recent death of her mother, her early years as a substitute teacher in Detroit, and the reasons she moved to New Mexico. 
  
  She has also written the beloved Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America, a memoir about her Zen teacher. For the last thirty years she has practiced Zen and taught seminars in writing as a spiritual practice. She lives in northern New Mexico.
  
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  • Writing Workshop
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  • Memoir
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• Date / Time: 1/25/2009 10:44 PM UTC

  WordSmitten Hosts Panel of BTR Writers and Hosts February 8

  Next month, we have invited a panel of Blog Talk Radio writers and hosts to discuss publishing. Save the date: February 8.
  
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• Date / Time: 1/25/2009 10:44 PM UTC

  WordSmitten Hosts Panel of BTR Writers and Hosts February 8

  Next month, we have invited a panel of Blog Talk Radio writers and hosts to discuss publishing. Save the date: February 8.
  
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• Original Air Date: 1/25/2009 10:00 PM UTC

  WordSmitten :: Peter Manseau :: Priest, Nun, Their Son

  The WordSmitten Weekly Broadcast: "About the Books." Kate Sullivan talks with Peter Manseau, who spent several years working at the National Yiddish Book Center in Massachusetts and is a memoirist, the co-founder of the webzine KillingTheBuddha.com, and editor of Search, The Magazine of Science, Religion, and Culture. His fiction debut SONGS FOR THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER: A Novel (Free Press; September 9, 2008; $25.00), was shortlisted for the 2008 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize. WordSmitten. Tune in to the fun. www.wordsmitten.com www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten www.meetup.com/wordsmitten
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• Date / Time: 1/25/2009 9:41 PM UTC

  Peter Manseau discusses his life as the son of a priest and a nun, his writing, and killing the budd

  Kate Sullivan interviews Peter Manseau, an author who recently made the leap from memoir to writing fiction. His novel is steeped in the traditions of Yiddish writers. Reminiscent of I.B. Singer, Peter Manseau's novel of discovery, of loss, and of legacy reminds us of great traditions.
  
  In honor of those traditions, we provide an excerpt from I.B. Singer's acceptance speech when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  
  "The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals.
  
  There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.
  
  Nevertheless, it is also true that the serious writer of our time must be deeply concerned about the problems of his generation. He cannot but see that the power of religion, especially belief in revelation, is weaker today than it was in any other epoch in human history.
  
  More and more children grow up without faith in God, without belief in reward and punishment, in the immortality of the soul and even in the validity of ethics. The genuine writer cannot ignore the fact that the family is losing its spiritual foundation. All the dismal prophecies of Oswald Spengler have become realities since the Second World War. No technological achievements can mitigate the disappointment of modern man, his loneliness, his feeling of inferiority, and his fear of war, revolution and terror. Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him." 
                         Isaac Bashevis Singer
                         The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978
                         Nobel Lecture
                         December 8, 1978
  
  Enjoy today's interview with author and journalist Peter Manseau. Thanks for joining on the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast.
  
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• Date / Time: 1/25/2009 9:40 PM UTC

  Peter Manseau discusses life as the son of a priest and a nun, his writing, and killing the budda

  Kate Sullivan interviews Peter Manseau, an author who recently made the leap from memoir to writing fiction. His novel is steeped in the traditions of Yiddish writers. Reminiscent of I.B. Singer, Peter Manseau's novel of discovery, of loss, and of legacy reminds us of great traditions.
  
  In honor of those traditions, we provide an excerpt from I.B. Singer's acceptance speech when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  
  "The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals.
  
  There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.
  
  Nevertheless, it is also true that the serious writer of our time must be deeply concerned about the problems of his generation. He cannot but see that the power of religion, especially belief in revelation, is weaker today than it was in any other epoch in human history.
  
  More and more children grow up without faith in God, without belief in reward and punishment, in the immortality of the soul and even in the validity of ethics. The genuine writer cannot ignore the fact that the family is losing its spiritual foundation. All the dismal prophecies of Oswald Spengler have become realities since the Second World War. No technological achievements can mitigate the disappointment of modern man, his loneliness, his feeling of inferiority, and his fear of war, revolution and terror. Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him." 
                         Isaac Bashevis Singer
                         The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978
                         Nobel Lecture
                         December 8, 1978
  
  Enjoy today's interview with author and journalist Peter Manseau. Thanks for joining on the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast.
  
  WordSmitten. Tune in to the fun.
  www.wordsmitten.com
  www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten
  www.meetup.com/wordsmitten
  
  
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  • Catholicism
  • ex-communicated live
  • journalism
  • Simon and Schuster's
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• Original Air Date: 1/18/2009 10:00 PM UTC

  WordSmitten :: Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman

  Tune in to the fun. Listen every Sunday afternoon for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. This week, we are busy celebrating the events for President Barack Obama. Today's broadcast brings you a repeat of an interview with sportswriter and author Jeff Pearlman. Enjoy the show, while we all enjoy the events in Washington, DC, with President Obama and his inaugural celebrations. Link: http://inaugural.senate.gov/2009/ We support and celebrate this historic event as a positive legacy for our nation. WordSmitten Media, Inc.
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