Emily White and Anne Lamott

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Emily White, author of Lonely: A Memoir, and Anne Lamott, author of Imperfect Birds.

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(Broadcast date: May 5, 2010)

Melissa Febos and Bonnie Jo Campbell

Marrie Stone interviews Melissa Febos, author of Whip Smart: A Memoir, and Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of American Salvage.

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(Broadcast date: May 26, 2010)

Yann Martel and Tatjana Soli

Marrie Stone interviews Yann Martel, author of Beatrice and Virgil, and Tatjana Soli, author of The Lotus Eaters.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 9, 2010)

Scott Turow

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Scott Turow, author of Innocent.

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(Broadcast date: June 2, 2010)

Susannah Charleson and Sarah Moss

Marrie Stone interviews Susannah Charleson, author of Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog and Sarah Moss, author of Cold Earth.

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(Broadcast date: May 12, 2010)

Rebecca Miller and Victoria Chang

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Rebecca Miller, author of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and poet Victoria Chang, author of Salvinia Molesta: Poems.

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(Broadcast date: March 10, 2010)

Orange County Noir

Marrie Stone interviews Gary Phillips (editor and contributor), Patricia McFall and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, contributors to Orange County Noir.

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(Broadcast date: April 14, 2010)

Danielle Trussoni and Lois Lowry

Marrie Stone interviews Danielle Trussoni, author of Angelology, and Lois Lowry, author of The Birthday Ball.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 7, 2010)

Maile Meloy and Marisa Matarazzo

Marrie Stone interviews Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, and Marisa Matarazzo, author of Drenched: Stories of Love and Other Deliriums.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 24, 2010)

Pen on Fire Speaker Series (T. Jefferson Parker)

T. Jefferson Parker, author of Iron River, is interviewed by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett at the Pen on Fire Speaker Series at the Scape Gallery in Corona del Mar.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 26, 2010)

Michael Zadoorian

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Michael Zadoorian, author of The Leisure Seeker.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 31, 2010)

Siri Hustvedt and Raj Patel

Marrie Stone interviews Siri Hustvedt, author of The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves, and Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 3, 2010)

Jess Walter

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Jess Walter, author of The Financial Lives of Poets.

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(Broadcast date: March 17, 2010)

Short Story Authors T.C. Boyle and Lydia Millet

Marrie Stone interviews T.C. Boyle, author of Wild Child and Other Stories and Lydia Millet, author of Love in Infant Monkeys: Stories.

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(Broadcast date: January 20, 2010)

Chris Bohjalian

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Chris Bohjalian, author of Secrets of Eden.

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(Broadcast date: February 24, 2010)

Pen on Fire Speaker Series: Susan Straight and Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

The Pen on Fire Speaker Series presents an evening with Susan Straight, author of Highwire Moon and Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, author of Ms. Hempel Chronicles.

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(Event date: October 27, 2009)

Colum McCann

Marrie Stone interviews Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin.

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(Broadcast date: February 03, 2010)

Memoirists Dani Shapiro and Rhoda Janzen

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion: A Memoir and Rhoda Janzen, author of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home.

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(Broadcast date: February 10, 2010)

Elizabeth Gilbert and Kelly Sonnack

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage and literary agent Kelly Sonnack of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

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(Broadcast date: January 27, 2010)

Samantha Peale and Victoria Patterson

Marrie Stone interviews Samantha Peale, author of The American Painter Emma Dial and Victoria Patterson, author of Drift: Stories.

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(Broadcast date: September 2, 2009)

Mary Karr

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Mary Karr, author of Lit: A Memoir.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 7, 2010)

Beverly Gologorsky and A. Manette Ansay

Marrie Stone interviews Beverly Gologorsky, author of The Things We Do To Make It Home, and A. Manette Ansay, author of Good Things I Wish You.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 23, 2009)

Steven Thomas and Stephen Elliott

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Steven Thomas, author of Criminal Karma, and Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 16, 2009)

Robert Olen Butler

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Robert Olen Butler, author of Hell.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 9, 2009)

Jonathan Lethem and Elizabeth Benedict

Marrie Stone interviews Jonathan Lethem, author of Chronic City, and Elizabeth Benedict, author of Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 18, 2009)

Memoirists Michelle Maisto and Abigail Thomas

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Michelle Maisto, author of The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love and Abigail Thomas, author of Thinking About Memoir.

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(Broadcast Date: November 11, 2009)

Michael Blake and Dylan Landis

Marrie Stone interviews Michael Blake, author of Twelve, the King, and Dylan Landis, author of Normal People Don't Live Like This.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 4, 2009)

Jonathan Tropper and Stewart O'Nan

Marrie Stone interviews Jonathan Tropper, author of This is Where I Leave You, and Stewart O'Nan, author of Songs for the Missing.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 7, 2009)

Ethan Canin and Nick Baker

Marrie Stone interviews Ethan Canin, author of America America and Nick Baker, author of The Anthologist.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 23, 2009)

Judith Schwartz and Literary Agent Sally Van Haitsma

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Judith D. Schwartz , author of The Therapist's New Clothes, and literary agent Sally Van Haitsma.

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(Broadcast date: September 09, 2009)

Debra Ollivier, Karen Karbo and Jennifer Niven

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Debra Ollivier, author of What French Women Know: About Love, Sex and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind; Karen Karbo, author of The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman; and Jennifer Niven, author of Velva Jean Learns to Drive.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 9, 2009)

Betsy Lerner and Rachel Resnick

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews literary agent Betsy Lerner and Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie.

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(Broadcast date: September 09, 2009)

Luis Alberto Urrea and Jill Ciment

Marrie Stone interviews Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Into the Beautiful North and Jill Ciment, author of Heroic Measures.

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(Broadcast date: July 29, 2009)

Pen on Fire Speaker Series: Lisa See

Lisa See, author of Shanghai Girls, shares her wit, wisdom and writing during the Pen On Fire Speaker Series at the SCAPE Gallery in Corona Del Mar.

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(Event Date: June 06, 2009)

Dean Kuipers, Trish Riley and Christine Heinrichs

Marrie Stone interviews Dean Kuipers, author of Operation Bite Back: Rod Coronado's War to Save American Wilderness, Trish Riley, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Greening Your Business and Christine Heinrichs, author of How to Raise Poultry.

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(Broadcast date: August 5, 2009)

Nick Reding and Richard Wolffe

Marrie Stone interviews Nick Reding, author of Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town and Richard Wolffe, author of Renegade: The Making of a President.

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(Broadcast date: July 29, 2009)

Katherine Russell Rich

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Katherine Russell Rich, author of Dreaming in Hindi.

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(Broadcast date: July 22, 2009)

Vicki Forman and Scott Martelle

Marrie Stone interviews Vicki Forman, author of the memoir This Lovely Life and Scott Martelle, journalist and author of Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West.

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(Broadcast date: July 15, 2009)

Norman Ollestad

Marrie Stone interviews Norman Ollestad, author of Crazy for the Storm.

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(Broadcast date: July 08, 2009)

Poetry Panel with Stanley Plumly, B.H. Fairchild and A. Van Jordan

Marrie Stone moderates a poetry panel with poets Stanley Plumly, author of Old Heart, B.H. Fairchild, author of Usher, and A. Van Jordan, author of Quantum Lyrics.

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(Broadcast date: June 3, 2009)

Pen on Fire Speaker Series: Merrill Markoe

Merrill Markoe, author of Nose Down, Eyes Up and Walking in Circles Before Lying Down, shares her wit, wisdom and writing during the Pen On Fire Speaker Series at the SCAPE Gallery in Corona Del Mar.

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(Event Date: April 09, 2009)

Literary Agent Dorian Karchmar

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Dorian Karchmar, literary agent with the William Morris Agency in New York.

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(Broadcast date: May 26, 2009)

Geoff Dyer and Mary Gaitskill

Marrie Stone interviews Geoff Dyer, author of Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, and Mary Gaitskill, author of Don't Cry.

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(Broadcast date: May 20, 2009)

Fiction Panel with Janelle Brown, Bo Caldwell & Lisa Fugard

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett moderates a fiction panel featuring Janelle Brown, author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Bo Caldwell, author of The Distant Land of My Father, and Lisa Fugard, author of Skinner's Drift.

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(Broadcast date: May 13, 2009)

Poet Stephen Dunn

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Stephen Dunn, author of What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009.

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(Broadcast date: January 07, 2009)

Ed Husain and Paul Harris

Marrie Stone interviews Ed Husain, author of The Islamist: Why I Became an Islamic Fundamentalist, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left and Paul Harris, author of The Secret Keeper.

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(Broadcast date: May 06, 2009)

Tom Epperson

Marrie Stone interviews Tom Epperson, author of The Kind One.

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(Broadcast date: April 29, 2009)

L.A. Times Book Award Winner Zoe Ferraris and Dennis Palumbo

Marrie Stone interviews L.A. Times 2008 Book Award Winner Zoe Ferraris, author of Finding Nouf: A Novel, winner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and Dennis Palumbo, author of From Crime to Crime.

To see all L.A Times 2008 Book Award winners, click here. Congratulations Zoe!

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(Broadcast date: Aug 13, 2008)

Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist Elizabeth Strout

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge. Congratulations Elizabeth!

To view a complete list of winners of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, click here.

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(Broadcast date: Unknown)

Jay Asher

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why.

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(Broadcast date: April 15, 2009)

Pen On Fire Speaker Series: T. Jefferson Parker

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Renegades, during the Pen On Fire Speaker Series at University of California, Irvine.

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(Event date: February 10, 2009)

Lauren Groff

Marrie Stone interviews Lauren Groff, author of Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 4, 2009)

Martha Lawrence

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Martha Lawrence, author of Pisces Rising (Elizabeth Chase Mysteries).

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(Broadcast date: September 28, 2000)

Kim Addonizio and Jim Tomlinson

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Kim Addonizio, author of Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within and Jim Tomlinson, author of Nothing Like an Ocean: Stories.

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(Broadcast date: March 25, 2009)

Sara Davidson

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Sara Davidson, author of Cowboy.

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(Broadcast date: April 13, 2000)

Stephen Lovely and Thomas Robisheaux

Marrie Stone interviews Stephen Lovely, author of Irreplaceable, and Thomas Robisheaux, author of The Last Witch of Langenburg.

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(Broadcast date: March 18, 2009)

Beth Kephart

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Beth Kephart, author of Into the Tangle of Friendship: A Memoir of the Things That Matter.

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(Broadcast date: September 13, 2000)

Beth Kephart

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Beth Kephart, author of Nothing but Ghosts.

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(Broadcast date: March 11, 2009)

Amy Dickinson and T.C. Boyle

Marrie Stone interviews Amy Dickinson, author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville and T.C. Boyle, author of The Women.

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(Broadcast date: March 4, 2009)

Debra Gwartney and Sonja Lyubomirsky

Marrie Stone interviews Debra Gwartney, author of Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love and Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want.

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(Broadcast date: February 18, 2009)

Judith Ryan Hendricks and Peter Craig

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Judith Ryan Hendricks, author of The Baker's Apprentice and Peter Craig, author of Hot Plastic.

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(Broadcast date: April 29, 2005)

Shreve Stockton and Andrea Portes

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Shreve Stockton, author of The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming and Andrea Portes, author of Hick.

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(Broadcast date: February 25, 2009)

Janice Y.K. Lee and Sylvia Sellers-Garcia

Marrie Stone interviews Janice Y.K. Lee, author of The Piano Teacher and Sylvia Sellers-Garcia, author of When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep.

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(Broadcast date: January 14, 2009)

Literary Agent Vicky Bijur

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Vicky Bijur, New York City literary agent.

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(Broadcast date: February 11, 2009)

Amy MacKinnon and Jincy Willett

Marrie Stone interviews Amy MacKinnon, author of Tethered and Jincy Willett, author of Jenny and the Jaws of Life and The Writing Class.

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(Broadcast date: January 28, 2008)

Sarah Murray and Gail Belsky

Marrie Stone interviews Sarah Murray, author of Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat and Gail Belsky, author of The List: 100 Ways to Shake Up Your Life.

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(Broadcast date: December 31, 2008)

Jo-Ann Mapson

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Jo-Ann Mapson, author of The Wilder Sisters, Blue Rodeo, Hank & Chloe, Loving Chloe, Along Came Mary, Goodbye, Earl and The Owl & Moon Cafe.

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(Broadcast date: May 5, 2000)

Elizabeth Strout

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge.

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(Broadcast date: Unknown)

Terri Cheney and Beth Lisick

Marrie Stone interviews Terri Cheney, author of Manic: A Memoir and Beth Lisick, author of Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone.

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(Broadcast date: April 9, 2008)

Nora Raleigh Baskin

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Nora Raleigh Baskin, author of All We Know of Love.

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(Broadcast date: January 21, 2009)

Kirsten Menger-Anderson and Jennifer Traig

Marrie Stone interviews Kirsten Menger-Anderson, author of Doctor Olaf Van Schuler's Brain and Jennifer Traig, author of Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria.

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(Broadcast date: November 19, 2008)

Lisa See and Jacquelyn Mitchard

Marrie Stone interviews Lisa See, author of Peony in Love and Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of All We Know of Heaven.

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(Broadcast date: June 25, 2008)

Janice Y.K. Lee and Silvia Sellers Garcia on Wednesday, January 14

This week, co-host Marrie Stone will be joined by Janice Y.K. Lee, author of The Piano Teacher (Viking, 2009) and Silvia Sellers Garcia, author of When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep (Riverhead Books).

Tune in Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. PT at 88.9 FM, KUCI, listen live at www.kuci.org, or go to iTunes and listen via public radio.

Past shows can be heard at http://penonfire.blogspot.com.

Thanks for listening!

Official White House photographer Pete Souza

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Pete Souza, author of The Rise of Barack Obama.

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(Broadcast date: December 17, 2008)

Peter Ferry, Anne Roiphe and Heather King

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Peter Ferry, author of Travel Writing, Anne Roiphe, author of Epilogue: A Memoir and Heather King, author of Redeemed: A Spiritual Misfit Stumbles Toward God, Marginal Sanity, and the Peace That Passes All Understanding.

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(Broadcast date: October 29, 2008)

Alexandra Penney and Donna Albrecht

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Alexandra Penney, author of Magic Words: 101 Ways to Talk Your Way Through Life's Challenges and Donna Albrecht, author of Buying a Home When You're Single.

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(Broadcast date: Unknown)

Laurence Gonzales and John Demos

Marrie Stone interviews Laurence Gonzales, author of Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things and John Demos, author of The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World.

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(Broadcast date: October 15, 2008)

"Writers on Writing" Holiday Show

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone are joined by The Green Room in a special Holiday episode of Writers on Writing. Enjoy music and readings by the cast and crew of the show.

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(Broadcast date: December 24, 2008)

Preeta Samarasan and Dan Ariely

Marrie Stone interviews Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening is the Whole Day and Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.

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(Broadcast date: August 6, 2008)

David Francis and Jon Fasman

Marrie Stone interviews David Francis, author of Stray Dog Winter and Jon Fasman, author of The Unpossessed City.

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(Broadcast date: December 3, 2008)

Julia Glass

Julia Glass, author of I See You Everywhere.

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(Broadcast date: December 10, 2008)

Linda Pastan, Martha Serpas and Lisa Williams

Marrie Stone moderates a poetry panel with Linda Pastan, author of Queen of a Rainy Country, Martha Serpas, author of The Dirty Side of the Storm, and Lisa Williams, author of Woman Reading to the Sea.

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(Broadcast date: November 5, 2008)

Stephen Baker and Padma Viswanathan

Marrie Stone interviews Stephen Baker, author of The Numerati and Padma Viswanathan, author of The Toss of a Lemon

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(Broadcast date: October 1, 2008)

Melissa Bank

Melissa Bank, author of The Wonder Spot.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 26, 2008) 

Sam Greengard

Sam Greengard, author of AARP Crash Course in Finding the Work You Love.

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(Broadcast date: Nov-12-2008) 

Robert Masello

Robert Masello, author of A Friend in the Business: Honest Advice for Anyone Trying to Break into Television Writing.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 09, 2000)

Marvin Bell and John Morgan Wilson

Marvin Bell, author of Nightworks: Poems 1962-2000 and John Morgan Wilson, author of The Limits of Justice.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 02, 2000)

Rochelle Krich and Dennis Palumbo

Rochelle Krich, author of Dead Air: A Jessie Drake Mystery and Dennis Palumbo, author of Writing From The Inside Out.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 26, 2000)

Billy Collins

Poet Billy Collins, author of Questions About Angels: Poems.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 18, 2001)

Betsy Amster and Jackie Green

"Before and After The Book Deal" - Literary agent, Betsy Amster and book publicist, Jackie Green.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 23, 2000)

Maxine O'Callaghan

Maxine O'Callaghan, author of Down for the Count: A Delilah West Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 29, 1999)

Ted Conover

Ted Conover, author of Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 14, 2000)

Donald Maass

Literary agent Donald Maass, author of Writing the Breakout Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 16, 2002)

Jenoyne Adams

Literary agent Jenoyne Adams.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 22, 2008)

Billy Collins

Billy Collins, author of Ballistics: Poems.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 22, 2008)

Irvine Welsh and Roxana Robinson

Marrie Stone interviews Irvine Welsh, author of Crime: A Novel and Roxana Robinson, author of Cost: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 17, 2008)

Eric Weiner and Alan Weisman

Marrie Stone interviews Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss and Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 27, 2008)

Steven Lukes and Sarah Lyall

Marrie Stone interviews Steven Lukes, author of Moral Relativism: Big Ideas/Small Books and Sarah Lyall, author of The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 10, 2008)

Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, author of the Ms. Hempel Chronicles.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 24, 2008)

Dr. Michael Klaper

Dr. Michael Klaper, author of Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 21, 2000)

Ken Kalfus

Ken Kalfus, author of Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 13, 2000)

Mimi Latt

Mimi Latt, author of Ultimate Justice.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 07, 1999)

Carolyn See

Carolyn See, author of Handyman: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 28, 1999)

Carolina Garcia Aguilera

Carolina Garcia Aguilera, author of Bloody Secrets.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 16, 1999)

Zoe Ferraris and Dennis Palumbo

Marrie Stone interviews Zoe Ferraris, author of Finding Nouf: A Novel and Dennis Palumbo, author From Crime to Crime.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 13, 2008)

Amy Cohen, Kerry Cohen, and Martha Frankel

Memoir roundtable with Amy Cohen, author of The Late Bloomer's Revolution, Kerry Cohen, author of Loose Girl, and Martha Frankel, author of Hats & Eyeglasses.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 3, 2008)

BJ Robbins

Literary agent BJ Robbins.

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(Broadcast date: unknown)

Carolyn Wheat

Carolyn Wheat, author of Sworn to Defend.

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(Broadcast date: 1998)

Mary Morris

Mary Morris, author of Angels and Aliens: A Memoir.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 17, 1999)

Sandra Tsing Loh, Tina Tessina, Ruth Gendler, Liz Holzemer

Sandra Tsing Loh, author of Mother On Fire and a roundtable with Tina Tessina, author of Money, Sex, and Kids, Ruth Gendler, author of Notes on the Need for Beauty, and Liz Holzmer, author of Curveball.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 20, 2008)

Clarence Major

Clarence Major, author of Configurations: New & Selected Poems, 1958-1998.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 3, 1998)

T. Jefferson Parker and Victor Infante

T. Jefferson Parker, author of Where Serpents Lie and Victor Infante, author of God's Country.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 02, 1998)

Laurie Fox

Laurie Fox, author of My Sister from the Black Lagoon : A Novel of My Life.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 22, 1999)

Pat Broeske

Pat Broeske, co-author of Down at the End of Lonely Street: The Life and Death of Elvis Presley.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 10, 1998)

Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block, author of Hit Man.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 10, 1999)

Patricia Guiver and Dani Shapiro

Patricia Guiver, author of Delilah Doolittle and The Careless Coyote and Dani Shapiro, author of Slow Motion: A True Story.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 25, 1998)

Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III, author of The Garden of Last Days: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 30, 2008)

Ron McLarty and Darin Straus

Ron McLarty, author of Art In America: A Novel and Darin Straus, author of More Than It Hurts You.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 16, 2008)

John Ware

Literary agent John Ware.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 23, 2008)

DT Max and Saher Alam

Marrie Stone interviews DT Max, author of The Family That Couldn't Sleep and Saher Alam, author of The Groom to Have Been.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 09, 2008)

Amy Kossow

Literary agent (at the time) Amy Kossow.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 17, 1998)

Rondo Mieczkowski

Rondo Mieczkowski, screenwriter of Leather Jacket Love Story.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 9, 1998)

Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada

Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada of Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 16, 1998)

Orange Coast Magazine's Best of OC

It's a tad embarrassing (embarrassing because I'm more used to being behind the scenes. After all, no one can see you on radio), but some of you may be interested in this piece. (Scan to the bottom for the copy.) It's a nice mention by Orange Coast, which has become a readable magazine again, now that Marty Smith is back at the helm.


Photo credit: Bradley Meinz

Robert Crais and Nancy Peacock

Robert Crais, author of Chasing Darkness and Nancy Peacock, author of A Broom of One's Own.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 02, 2008)

Sarah Bird, Cristina Garcia, and Kate Jacobs

Sarah Bird, author of How Perfect Is That, Cristina Garcia, author of A Handbook to Luck, and Kate Jacobs, author of Comfort Food.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 18, 2008)

Laurie Harper

Laurie Harper, literary agent and author of Don Sherwood: The Life and Times of "The World's Greatest Disc Jockey".

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(Broadcast date: Dec 13, 2001)

Stacy Bierlein and Louise Erdrich

Stacy Bierlein, editor of A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection and Louise Erdrich, author of The Plague of Doves.

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(Broadcast date: May 14, 2008)

Rachel Fershleiser and Sally Gunning

Marrie Stone interviews Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of Not Quite What I Was Planning and Sally Gunning, author of Bound: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: May 21, 2008)

Chris Bohjalian and Alice Feiring

Chris Bohjalian, author of Skeletons at the Feast and Alice Feiring, author The Battle for Wine and Love.

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(Broadcast date: May 30, 2008)

David Benioff interview

A couple of weeks ago my co-host Marrie Stone interviewed author David Benioff on the show. Sadly, a broadcasting glitch not only prevented the show from being heard but also canceled out the option of podcasting it. Thanks to Marrie, an excerpt of the interview has been transcribed and posted on my Pen on Fire blog. Click here to read it.

Gary Phillips, Susan Straight, Naomi Hirahara

Noir-related discussion with Gary Phillips, Susan Straight, and Naomi Hirahara; contributers to the "Los Angeles Noir" short story anthology.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 11, 2008)

Naomi Epel

Naomi Epel, writer of The Observation Deck: A Tool Kit for Writers.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 09, 1998)

Noir on tomorrow's show

If you're on my e-list for the radio show, you've received this. If not....

Tomorrow, Weds. June 11, for the entire hour, we'll have three authors--Naomi Hirahara, Gary Phillips, and Susan Straight--talking about noir. I'm excited!

Naomi is the author of the Mas Arai mystery novels and the noir short story: "Number 19." Gary is the author of the Ivan Monk and Martha Chainey series, and a lot of short stories including the noir story "Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave." Susan is a novelist ("Highwire Moon" was a National Book Award nominee), and the noir short story: "The Golden Gopher," which won an Edgar. All three of the stories highlighted above are in the collection: "los angeles noir," published by Akashic Books.

Tune in at 9 a.m. Pacific at 88.9 FM KUCI or listen on iTunes. Eventually the show will be podcast and you'll find it here.

Lisa See

Lisa See, author of Flower Net: A Red Princess Mystery.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 16, 1998)

Keith Snyder

Keith Snyder, author of Coffin's Got the Dead Guy on the Inside.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 21, 1998)

Noreen Ayres

Noreen Ayres, author of Carcass Trade: A Smokey Brandon Mystery.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 30, 1998)

Martha C. Lawrence

Martha C. Lawrence, author of Aquarius Descending.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 20, 1999)

MJ Rose and Lillian Moats

MJ Rose, author of Lip Service and Lillian Moats, author of Legacy of Shadows.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 03, 2002)

Mary Roach and Cathleen Schine

Mary Roach, author of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex and Cathleen Schine, author of The New Yorkers: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: May 7, 2008)

Dennis McDougal

Journalist Dennis McDougal, author of writer Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 05, 2008)

Charles Bock and Manil Suri

Marrie Stone interviews Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children and Manil Suri, author of The Age of Shiva.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 26, 2008)

Charles Baxter and Marya Hornbacher

Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief and Marya Hornbacher, author of Madness: A Bipolar Life.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 02, 2008)

Tobias Woolf and John Burnham Schwartz

Marrie Stone interviews short story writer Tobias Woolf and John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Commoner.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 23, 2008)

Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg, author of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 30, 2008)

Mireille Guiliano and Theo Pauline Nestor

Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat and Theo Pauline Nestor, author of How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed.

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(Broadcast date: April 16, 2008)

Samantha Hunt and Stephen Snyder

Marrie Stone interviews Samantha Hunt, author of The Invention of Everything Else and translator Stephen Snyder.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 12, 2008)

Julie Smith

Mystery writer Julie Smith, author of 82 Desire (A Skip Langdon Novel).

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(Broadcast date: Nov 11, 1998)

Arielle Eckstut

Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 08, 2001)

Eloise Klein-Healy

Poet Eloise Klein-Healy, author of Artemis in Echo Park.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 18, 1998)

Albert Zuckerman

Albert Zuckerman, literary agent and author of Writing the Blockbuster Novel.

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(Broadcast date: May 30, 2002)

Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene, author of There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 19, 2008)

Louise Rafkin and Taylor Smith

Louise Rafkin, author of Other People's Dirt and Taylor Smith, author of Random Acts.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 02, 1998)

Philip Reed and Martin J. Smith

Philip Reed, author of Low Rider and Martin J. Smith, author of Shadow Image.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 10, 1999)

Margot Livesey and Victoria Strauss

Margot Livesey, author of The Missing World: A Novel and Victoria Strauss, author of The Garden of the Stone.

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Caroline Adderson, Anastasia Royal, and Jennie Nash

Fiction roundtable moderated by Marrie Stone with authors Caroline Adderson (Sitting Practice), Anastasia Royal (Undoing I Do), and Jennie Nash (Last Beach Bungalow).

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(Broadcast Date: Feb 20, 2007)

Kate Jacobs and Lela Nargi

Kate Jacobs, author of The Friday Night Knitting Club and Lela Nargi, editor of Knitting Through It: Inspiring Stories for Times of Trouble.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 27, 2008)

Percival Everett and TJ Parsell

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and co-host Marrie Stone interview Percival Everett, author of The Water Cure: A Novel and TJ Parsell, author of Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison.

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(Broadcast Date: Dec 12, 2007)

Molly Gloss and RM Kinder

Marrie Stone interviews Molly Gloss, author of The Hearts of Horses and RM Kinder, author of An Absolute Gentleman: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 2008)

Geraldine Brooks

Marrie Stone interviews Geraldine Brooks, author of People of the Book: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Feb-06-2008)

T Jefferson Parker

T Jefferson Parker, author of L.A. Outlaws.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 13, 2008)

Shawn McBride and Melinda Hsu

Shawn McBride, author of Green Grass Grace: A Novel and screenwriter Melinda Hsu.

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Judith Thurman and Christina Baldwin

Marrie Stone interviews Judith Thurman, author of Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire and Christina Baldwin, author of Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 16, 2008)

Gerald Stern and Aleida Rodriguez

Gerald Stern, author of Last Blue: Poems and Aleida Rodriguez, author of Garden of Exile.

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Marisa de los Santos

Marisa de los Santos, author of Belong to Me: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 23, 2008)

Barbara Seranella

Barbara Seranella, author of No Offense Intended.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 17, 1999)

Helen Oyeyemi and Gina Nahai

Marrie Stone interviews Helen Oyeyemi, author of The Opposite House and Gina Nahai, author of Caspian Rain.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 28, 2007)

John Truby and AJ Jacobs

Marrie Stone interviews John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Story and AJ Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 5, 2007)

Harry Mount and Michael FitzGerald

Marrie Stone interviews Harry Mount, author of Carpe Diem: Put A Little Latin in Your Life and Michael A. FitzGerald, author of Radiant Days: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 26, 2007)

Melissa Clark

Melissa Clark, co-author of The Skinny: How to Fit into Your Little Black Dress Forever.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 2, 2008)

Susan Schulman and Gary Heidt

Literary agents Susan Schulman and Gary Heidt.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 9, 2008)

Barbara Seranella and Martha Lawrence

Barbara Seranella, author of Unwanted Company and Martha Lawrence, author of Aquarius Descending.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 27, 2000)

Thomas Fox Averill

Thomas Fox Averill, author of Secrets of the Tsil Café.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 18, 2002)

Steve Malk and Janell Cannon

Literary agent Steve Malk and Janell Cannon, author of Verdi.

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Earlene Fowler

Earlene Fowler, author of Dove in the Window.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 29, 1999)

Debby Bull

Debby Bull, author of Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 05, 1999)

Natalie Angier

Natalie Angier, author of Woman: An Intimate Geography.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 04, 1999)

Dr. David Elkind

Dr. David Elkind, author of The Hurried Child.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 20, 2000)

Jayne Anne Phillips

Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Motherkind.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 13, 2000)

Dinah Lenney and Michael Quadland

Marrie Stone interviews Dinah Lenney, author of Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir and Michael Quadland, author of That Was Then.

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(Broadcast audio: Nov 14, 2007)

T Jefferson Parker

T Jefferson Parker, author of Red Light.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 10, 2000)

Patricia Hampl, Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz

Patricia Hampl, author of The Florist's Daughter, Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz co-authors of What Becomes You.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 20, 2007)

Tom Paine and John Ware

Tom Paine, author of Scar Vegas: And Other Stories and literary agent John Ware.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 26, 2000)

Vicki Bijur

Literary agent Vicki Bijur.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 28, 2000)

Emily Listfield and Tom Perrotta

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone interview Emily Listfield, author of Waiting to Surface: A Novel and Tom Perrotta, author of The Abstinence Teacher.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 07, 2007)

Brenda Copeland and Melissa Plaut

Brenda Copeland, an executive editor of Hyperion and Melissa Plaut, author of Hack: How I Stopped Worrying About What to Do with My Life and Started Driving a Yellow Cab.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 03, 2007)

Andrea Barrett and Claire Davis

Marrie Stone interviews Andrea Barrett, author of The Air We Breathe: A Novel and Claire Davis, author of Labors of the Heart: Stories.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 24, 2007)

Ron Carlson and Matthew Carnicelli

Ron Carlson, author of Ron Carlson Writes a Story and NYC literary agent Matthew Carnicelli.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 31, 2007)

Steve Almond

Steve Almond, author of (Not that You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions. TJ Purcell was not able to be reached for interview.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 17, 2007)

Ursula Hegi

Marrie Stone interviews Ursula Hegi, author of The Worst Thing I've Done: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 11, 2007)

Judith Handelsman

Judith Handelsman, author of Growing Myself: A Spiritual Journey Through Gardening.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 20, 2000)

John Dunning and Laurie Lynn Drummond

John Dunning, author of Bookman's Promise and Laurie Lynn Drummond, author of Anything You Say Can and Will Be Held Against You.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 22, 2004)

Amy Bloom and Wally Lamb

Marrie Stone interviews Amy Bloom, author of Away: A Novel and Wally Lamb, author I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 27, 2007)

Paul Mandelbaum and Kevin Smokler

Paul Mandelbaum, author of Garrett in Wedlock and Kevin Smokler, author of Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 13, 2005)

Samara O'Shea and Jennifer Gilmore

Marrie Stone interviews Samara O'Shea, author of For the Love of Letters and Jennifer Gilmore, author of Golden Country.


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(Broadcast date: Sep 20, 2007)

Leslie Levine and Carolyn Parkhurst

Guest host Debbie Keith interviews Leslie Levine, author of Wish It, Dream It, Do It and Carolyn Parkhurst, author of Lost and Found.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 17, 2006)

Helen Schulman

Helen Schulman, author of A Day at the Beach.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 20, 2007)

Deanne Stillman and Janis Cooke Newman

Deanne Stillman, author of Twentynine Palms and Janis Cooke Newman, author of The Russian Word for Snow.


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Diane Wakoski

Poet Diane Wakoski, author of Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987.

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(Broadcast date: May 5, 1999)

DP Lyle and Melanie Rehak

Marrie Stone interviews DP Lyle, author of Forensics and Fiction and Melanie Rehak, author of Girl Sleuth.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 30, 2007)

Victoria Zackheim, Ellen Sussman and Jenni Ferrari-Adler

Victoria Zackheim, editor of The Other Woman, Ellen Sussman, editor of Bad Girls, and Jenni Ferrari-Adler, editor of Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant.

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(Broadcast date: Sep 6, 2007)

Robert Masello and Constance Hale

Robert Masello, author of Writer Tells All and Constance Hale, author of Sin and Syntax.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 12, 2001)