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1. The Book Show Show 1275

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2012 December 23
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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Description:
Joe Donahue speaks with author Martin Amis, about his latest novel, "Lionel Asbo: State of England," which centers around a thuggish, yet endearing antihero named Lionel Asbo. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1261.)
Subject:
Amis, Martin, Great Britain--Social life and customs--Fiction, and Satire

2. The Book Show Show 1276

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2012 December 30
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:40:06Z
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Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael Chabon, about his latest novel, "Telegraph Avenue." The book focuses on two friends and a used vinyl store called Brokeland Records in 2004 Oakland, CA. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1265.)
Subject:
Chabon, Michael and Domestic fiction

3. The Book Show Show 1277

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 January 6
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:40:12Z
Description:
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. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1302.)
Subject:
Schrank, Ben and Bereavement--Fiction

4. The Book Show Show 1278

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 January 13
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:40:19Z
Description:
Joe Donahue speaks with author Rilla Askew about her new novel, "Kind of Kin." The book investigates how sweeping agenda-driven legislation affects real individual lives. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1298.)
Subject:
Illegal aliens--Fiction, Domestic fiction, and Askew, Rilla

5. The Book Show Show 1279

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 January 20
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:40:29Z
Description:
Joe Donahue speaks with author Michael Connelly about his new novel, "The Black Box," which stars Los Angeles Police Department detective, Harry Bosch. The book is set in the midst of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1299.)
Subject:
Mystery fiction and Connelly, Michael, 1956-

6. The Book Show Show 1280

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 January 27
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:40:40Z
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Joe Donahue speaks with author Caleb Carr about his new novel, "The Legend of Broken," a medieval epic set it Europe's Dark Ages.
Subject:
Carr, Caleb, 1955-, Historical fiction, and Fiction, Medieval

7. The Book Show Show 1281

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 February 3
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:40:52Z
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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. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1306 and #1307.)
Subject:
Russo, Richard, 1949- and Novelists, American--Biography

8. The Book Show Show 1282

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 February 10
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:41:04Z
Description:
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." (Re-aired on The Book Show #1306 and #1307.)
Subject:
Russo, Richard, 1949- and Novelists, American--Biography

9. The Book Show Show 1283

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 February 17
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:41:17Z
Description:
Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning humorist, Dave Barry, about his new novel, "Insane City," where the main character in the book travels to Florida for a destination wedding.
Subject:
Barry, Dave and Black humor (Literature)

10. The Book Show Show 1284

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2013 February 24
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a739e5e962c37730417379f3087e0b2c
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2019-02-06T17:41:32Z
Description:
Joe Donahue speaks with writer Tracy Kidder and his former editor, Richard Todd, about their new book, "Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction. Stories and Advice from a Lifetime of Writing and Editing." The book explores three major non-fiction forms, narratives, essays, and memoirs.
Subject:
Kidder, Tracy, Todd, Richard, 1949-, and Prose literature