Originally aired October 5, 2021.
Ian Graham Leask takes center stage this week, interviewing David Backes about editing A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson. After the break, Leask is joined by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, short-fiction author and great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway himself.
Originally aired June 15, 2021.
Dave brings Ramsey County librarian Tami Lee for a return appearance, thoughtful book recommendations for civil and social justice, and great analysis of why a book club isn’t advocacy on its own.
After the break, Annie and Maggie Shipstead discuss novel research, women’s stories in aviation, and sexism’s alterations over time, viewed through the lens of Shipstead’s new novel, Great Circle.
Originally aired June 1, 2021.
Liz starts the show with Kaira Rouda, discussing Rouda’s suspenseful new novel, The Next Wife.
After, Ian welcomes Lin Enger to talk about Enger’s timeless and topical American Gospel.
Originally aired May 11, 2021.
In the first half of the hour, Dave welcomes Jim Heynen on-air.
After the break, Liz and Sophfronia Scott dig into Scott’s writing about Thomas Merton.
First, Dave Fettig and Adrian S Potter discuss Potter’s new poetry collection, Everything Wrong Feels Right, plus setting in writing, Potter’s scientific background, his writing process, and more.
Next, Annie Harvieux and Tiffany McDaniel use McDaniel’s latest novel, Betty, as a means to look at telling family stories through creative writing, the challenges of bringing true stories of child abuse to light, and how Cherokee versus white Christian traditions of gender dynamics play out in the novel’s multiracial family.
