Between The Covers

Distinguished writer Alice Hoffman talks about her new book, The Red Garden, a collection of linked fictions about a small town in Massachusetts where a garden holds the secrets of many lives. Alice Hoffman  has published a total of eighteen novels, two books of short fi... Read more

Host Marianne Barisonek interviews William Gibson, whose novel Neuromancer launched the cyberpunk generation. They discuss his latest novel, Zero History.  www.williamgibsonbooks.com/ CD-1763 Read more

Host David Naimon speaks with writer Anthony Doerr about his latest book, Memory Wall. Doerr is the author of three other books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, andFour Seasons in Rome. Doerr’s short fiction has won three O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in T... Read more

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Kenneth Sharpe, co-author with Barry Schwartz of Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. In the book, Schwartz and Sharpe make a reasoned appeal for wisdom in a world gone mad with ineffectual rules and rampant bureaucr... Read more

In Part 2 of today's special hour long Between the Covers host Crystal Leighty speaks with Hazel Rowley, author of FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR: An Extraordinary Marriage.   In this biography, Rowley sheds new light on the first modern marriage in the White House. Award-wining a... Read more

Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Steve Berry, author of "The Emperor's Tomb," a thriller about the internal politics of China and the politics of oil.   Steve Berry is also the author of "The Balkan Escape," "The Paris Vendetta," "The Charlemagne Pursuit," "The Venetian Betr... Read more

Writer, poet and activist Grace Paley's birthday is December 11 (born in 1922, she died in 2007). In honor of Grace Paley Between the Covers presents an interview with local author Judith Arcana, who is Grace Paley's biographer, as well as parts of memorial show produced... Read more