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Myla Goldberg
Jonathan Lethem
This program featured up-and-coming authors Myla Goldberg, Jonathan Lethem, and Colson Whitehead. Bestselling author and National Public Radio book reviewer Nancy Pearl moderatee the discussion.
Bold Type Goldberg discusses Bee Season, its characters and her writing.NPR Interview Goldberg talks about her second novel, Wickett’s Remedy, set in Boston during the 1918 flu epidemic. (Audio 8 min.) Powell’s Ink Q & A Goldberg answers imaginative questions like what fictional character she’d most like to date. “Song for Myla Goldberg” How many novelists have a song written for them? Watch live concert footage of The Decemberists performing their “Song for Myla Goldberg.” (Video 4 min.)
Bold Type Goldberg discusses Bee Season, its characters and her writing.NPR Interview Goldberg talks about her second novel, Wickett’s Remedy, set in Boston during the 1918 flu epidemic. (Audio 8 min.)
Powell’s Ink Q & A Goldberg answers imaginative questions like what fictional character she’d most like to date.
“Song for Myla Goldberg” How many novelists have a song written for them? Watch live concert footage of The Decemberists performing their “Song for Myla Goldberg.” (Video 4 min.)
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Bee Season Nine-year-old Eliza Naumann is considered an unspectacular child -- until she surprises everyone by winning her school spelling bee. But just as Eliza begins to shine, her family starts falling apart.
Bee Season
Nine-year-old Eliza Naumann is considered an unspectacular child -- until she surprises everyone by winning her school spelling bee. But just as Eliza begins to shine, her family starts falling apart.
Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague Myla Goldberg lived in Prague in 1993, just as the process of Westernization was getting under way. In 2003, she returned to see what the pursuit of capitalism had wrought and to observe the integral ways in which Prague's character had endured.
Myla Goldberg lived in Prague in 1993, just as the process of Westernization was getting under way. In 2003, she returned to see what the pursuit of capitalism had wrought and to observe the integral ways in which Prague's character had endured.
Wickett's Remedy Lydia's husband quits medical school to create a mail-order patent medicine called Wickett's Remedy, and just as Lydia (an Irish American shopgirl) begins to adjust to her husband's new vocation, the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 begins, while the illegitimate offspring of the Remedy, QD Soda is transformed into a soft drink empire by Wickett's ex-partner.
Lydia's husband quits medical school to create a mail-order patent medicine called Wickett's Remedy, and just as Lydia (an Irish American shopgirl) begins to adjust to her husband's new vocation, the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 begins, while the illegitimate offspring of the Remedy, QD Soda is transformed into a soft drink empire by Wickett's ex-partner.
Lethem’s Home Page Highly entertaining and creative home page. Log on just to see what the ego is doing in the glove compartment (log on; you’ll see). Powell’s Interview This in-depth interview covers his early works through The Fortress of Solitude (2003), his most autobiographical novel. BBC Interview Listen to Lethem on John Wayne, memory and hyperreality – all topics in The Disappointment Artist, his 2005 collection of essays. (Audio 7 min.) Harper’s: The Ecstasy of Influence Lethem questions the sanctity of copyright, asserting that no creative work is truly, completely original.
Lethem’s Home Page Highly entertaining and creative home page. Log on just to see what the ego is doing in the glove compartment (log on; you’ll see).
Powell’s Interview This in-depth interview covers his early works through The Fortress of Solitude (2003), his most autobiographical novel.
BBC Interview Listen to Lethem on John Wayne, memory and hyperreality – all topics in The Disappointment Artist, his 2005 collection of essays. (Audio 7 min.)
Harper’s: The Ecstasy of Influence Lethem questions the sanctity of copyright, asserting that no creative work is truly, completely original.
The Disappointment Artist: And Other Essays In a volume he describes as “a series of covert and not-so-covert autobiographical pieces,” Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsession.
In a volume he describes as “a series of covert and not-so-covert autobiographical pieces,” Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsession.
Fortress of Solitude Dylan Ebdus grew up white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s, where entertainment includes muggings along with stoopball. Dylan has one friend, a black teenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude.
Dylan Ebdus grew up white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s, where entertainment includes muggings along with stoopball. Dylan has one friend, a black teenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude.
You Don't Love Me Yet Lucinda Hoekke works for the Complaint Line where she meets and falls in love with one of the complainers. She is also in a rock band. When she suggests some of the Complainer's philosophical musings to the lyricists the band takes off and the Complainer insists on joining the band.
Lucinda Hoekke works for the Complaint Line where she meets and falls in love with one of the complainers. She is also in a rock band. When she suggests some of the Complainer's philosophical musings to the lyricists the band takes off and the Complainer insists on joining the band.
Whitehead’s Home Page Keep up with what he’s doing, reading and thinking via his blog.Interview by Nancy Pearl Whitehead discusses his writing career with NPR commentator Nancy Pearl. Pearl asks questions that uncover the interesting stories behind his books. (Video 29 min.)“I Write in Brooklyn. Get over It.” Whitehead skewers the hype about writing in Brooklyn, saying it’s not much different than writing anywhere else. BookVideos: “Sag Harbor” Whitehead takes you to the streets of Sag Harbor, NY – where he spent summers as a teen in the ‘80s – to talk about his upcoming novel, Sag Harbor. Look for it in April 2009. (Video 4 min.)
Whitehead’s Home Page Keep up with what he’s doing, reading and thinking via his blog.Interview by Nancy Pearl Whitehead discusses his writing career with NPR commentator Nancy Pearl. Pearl asks questions that uncover the interesting stories behind his books. (Video 29 min.)“I Write in Brooklyn. Get over It.” Whitehead skewers the hype about writing in Brooklyn, saying it’s not much different than writing anywhere else.
BookVideos: “Sag Harbor” Whitehead takes you to the streets of Sag Harbor, NY – where he spent summers as a teen in the ‘80s – to talk about his upcoming novel, Sag Harbor. Look for it in April 2009. (Video 4 min.)
Apex Hides the Hurt The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. In a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and the efforts of our hero, a nomenclature consultant, may result in not just a new name for the town, but a new and subtler truth about it.
The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. In a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and the efforts of our hero, a nomenclature consultant, may result in not just a new name for the town, but a new and subtler truth about it.
The Intuitionist As two factions at the Department of Elevator Inspectors-- the Empiricists and the Intuitionists--wage war on each other, Intuitionist Lila Mae, the first black elevator inspector, faces bedlam when an elevator freefalls on her watch and the mysterious notebooks from the founder of Intuitionism suddenly appear.
As two factions at the Department of Elevator Inspectors-- the Empiricists and the Intuitionists--wage war on each other, Intuitionist Lila Mae, the first black elevator inspector, faces bedlam when an elevator freefalls on her watch and the mysterious notebooks from the founder of Intuitionism suddenly appear.
John Henry Days On assignment for a travel website, J. Sutter, a young African-American freelance journalist, heads for West Virginia to cover the "John Henry Days" festival in honor of the new U.S. postage stamp honoring John Henry and discovers the real-life story of John Henry and its relevance to his own life and times. coming this April... Sag Harbor Growing up for Benji has been very confusing. He is the only black kid in an all-white school, but in the summer he spends his time in Sag Harbor, which is an all-black community. Will Benji find a way to make sense of his two different worlds, or will he be stuck in his own awkwardness?
On assignment for a travel website, J. Sutter, a young African-American freelance journalist, heads for West Virginia to cover the "John Henry Days" festival in honor of the new U.S. postage stamp honoring John Henry and discovers the real-life story of John Henry and its relevance to his own life and times.
coming this April...
Growing up for Benji has been very confusing. He is the only black kid in an all-white school, but in the summer he spends his time in Sag Harbor, which is an all-black community. Will Benji find a way to make sense of his two different worlds, or will he be stuck in his own awkwardness?
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