Bookworm
KCRW
Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Feb 3, 1992 • 29min
Kirkpatrick Sale and Robert Shapazian
The Conquest Of Paradise:(Director of Lapis Press)Sale, the radical, historian and ecologist, examines the myths of Christopher Columbus and the New World. Robert Shapazian talks about creating books as art objects.
Jan 20, 1992 • 29min
Erica Taylor and Helen Schulman
The Sun Maiden:Out of Time Two talented young novelists discuss their first novels. The Sun Maiden is a futuristic novel about Los Angeles; Out Of Time, a moving, psychological story, is about the death of a young man.
Jan 13, 1992 • 29min
Norman Rush
MatingThe winner of the 1991 National Book Award discusses his zany novel about feminism, Africa and anthropology.
Jan 6, 1992 • 30min
Ken Siman and Bruce Wagner
Pizza Face:Force Majeure Ken Siman writes about the trauma of being adolescent, gay and acneed. Bruce Wagner experiences the dementia of the half-life of the Hollywood screenwriter.
Dec 23, 1991 • 30min
Harold Brodkey Part 1
The Runaway SoulTwo interviews: Brodkey discuses life, literature and his new novel.
Dec 16, 1991 • 30min
Judith Freeman
Set For LifeThe writer discusses her novel about passion and American right-wing conspiracies.
Dec 9, 1991 • 30min
Norman Mailer, Part 2
Harlot's Ghost
Norman Mailer in the second of a two-part interview on Harlot's Ghost and other matters.
Dec 2, 1991 • 30min
Norman Mailer, Part 1
Harlot's Ghost
Norman Mailer in a two-part interview on Harlot's Ghost and other matters.
Nov 26, 1991 • 30min
Russell Banks: The Sweet Hereafter
The author talks about grief in the art of fiction...
Nov 19, 1991 • 31min
David Michael Kaplan
Skating In The Dark A moving novel, in stories, about a man learning to handle his fears--of relationships, of intimacy and of experience.
