Joe Donahue speaks with author Dennis Bock about his novel, "Going Home Again," a contemporary story of a man studying the sudden, confusing shape his life has taken and examining his responsibilities as a husband, a father, a brother, and an uncle.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Kelly Braffet about her novel, "Save Yourself," a story of a group of characters each seeking their own warped version of peace.
Part 2 of 2: In an extended conversation with Richard Russo and Joe Donahue, Russo speaks at length about his childhood, his complicated relationship with his mother, and other topics that he has written about in, "Elsewhere: A Memoir." (Originally aired on The Book Show #1281 and #1282.)
Part 1 of 2: Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning author, Richard Russo, about his new memoir, "Elsewhere: A Memoir." The personal account of his childhood and life takes place in the upstate town of Gloversville, New York. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1281 and #1282.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Clive Cussler about his popular NUMA series and underwater hero Dirk Pitt. Cussler's new book is "Zero Hour: A Novel from the NUMA Files."
Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Ellis about his novel, "Revolutionary Summer," which tells an old story in a new way about the summer months of 1776.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Neil Gaiman about his novel, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane," a tale of mystery, survival, memory, and magic which makes the impossible all too real. This show is recorded before a live audience in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Ben Schrank about his new novel, "Love Is a Canoe." Set in Millerton, New York, the book is about the fragility of marriage. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1277.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Alafair Burke about her novel, "If You Were Here: A Novel of Suspense," where a Manhattan journalist, McKenna Jordan, chases a story that leads her to a close friend who disappeared a decade earlier.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Zadie Smith about her novel, "NW," a tragi-comic story that follows four Londoners, Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan, as they settle into adulthood outside of Caldwell. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1268.)
