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The G Spot with Grace AliceTherapist, Maid, Mother...Lover? with Roe McDermottWelcome back to The G Spot! In this episode, Grace Alice chats with the brilliant writer and The Irish Times sex and relationships columnist, Roe McDermott. Grace and Roe combine their knowledge - both from hard-earned messy life experiences as well as professional expertise - to explore a very complex yet common dilemma involving sex, entitlement and resentment within a relationship. Roe also delivers some deeply insightful perspectives on what makes for a good relationship, good sex and what many of us might be getting wrong when it comes to connection and intimacy. We expected nothing less from one of Ireland...
2025-08-2055 min
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society Presents Gatsby Centennial ReadingsGatsby@100 Chapter 9 featuring Gish Jen and Alice McDermottGish Jen is the author of five novels, two collections of short stories, and two non-fiction books. Her most recent works include the 2020 novel The Resisters and the 2022 short story collection Thank You, Mr. Nixon. Her new novel Bad Bad Girl will be published in October 2025. Five of her stories have been selected for volumes of the Best American Short Stories and her story “Birthmates” was selected by John Updike for The Best American Short Stories of the Century. This spring she will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Alice McDermott is the autho...
2025-04-1037 min
The Book Maven: A Literary RevueFinding Truth in Memories with Jay Baron NicorvoWelcome back to season two! In this episode of the Book Maven: A Literary Revue, Bethanne Patrick sits down with Jay Baron Nicorvo to discuss accessing trauma while writing, differing points of view of traumatic events, and how our brain sorts through traumatic experiences. Bethanne touches on the highly anticipated Catcher in the Rye in this week’s Canon or Can it. Does she kick Holden Caulfield to the curb? Or let him stay with all of his teenage angst?Can Bethanne beat the clock? She gives us 6 Recs for our To Be Read lists. Ti...
2025-02-2133 min
The Book Maven: A Literary RevueFinding Truth in Memories with Jay Baron NicorvoWelcome back to season two! In this episode of the Book Maven: A Literary Revue, Bethanne Patrick sits down with Jay Baron Nicorvo to discuss accessing trauma while writing, differing points of view of traumatic events, and how our brain sorts through traumatic experiences. Bethanne touches on the highly anticipated Catcher in the Rye in this week’s Canon or Can it. Does she kick Holden Caulfield to the curb? Or let him stay with all of his teenage angst?Can Bethanne beat the clock? She gives us 6 Recs for our To Be Read lists. Ti...
2025-02-2133 min
Books With Your BestiesFalse Memories, Forgiveness and The Satanic Panic - Alice Sebold and Anthony BroadwaterSend us a textYou may know Alice Sebold as the author of The Lovely Bones but you may not know the story of Alice and Anthony. Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in the 1981 rape of Ms.Sebold. Listen to the Truer Crime Season 2 episode 3 for all of the details on the case. Today Emily and Ashley chat about the bigger themes of her episode...False Memories, Forgiveness and The Satanic Panic. Thank you for listening. TW: SA, Abuse, Child Abuse, Murder Show notes:0:00-1:00 intro 1:00-4:00 An Overview of...
2025-01-3148 min
La Voz de César VidalLa Biblioteca: "Absolución" y "El cuarto del bebé" - 21/11/24Con Sagrario Fernández-Prieto._____________Suscríbete a CesarVidal.TV y escucha este audio antes que nadie y sin publicidad: https://www.cesarvidal.tvAbsoluciónAutor: Alice McDermott.Traducción de Gabriel Insausti. Editorial: Libros del Asteroide. 336 págs.Tricia es una joven recién casada con un prometedor abogado que trabaja para la Armada estadounidense. Charlene es una entregada ama de casa con tres hijos, tan guapa como intimidante, En el Saigón de 1963, las dos forjan una frágil alianza mientras tratan d...
2024-11-2131 min
La Voz de César VidalLa Biblioteca: "Absolución" y "El cuarto del bebé" - 21/11/24Con Sagrario Fernández-Prieto. _____________ Suscríbete a CesarVidal.TV y escucha este audio antes que nadie y sin publicidad: https://www.cesarvidal.tv Absolución Autor: Alice McDermott. Traducción de Gabriel Insausti. Editorial: Libros del Asteroide. 336 págs. Tricia es una joven recién casada con un prometedor abogado que trabaja para la Armada estadounidense. Charlene es una entregada ama de casa con tres hijos, tan guapa como intimidante, En el Saigón de 1963, las dos forjan una frágil alianza mientras tratan de compaginar los roles que les han asignado con sus propios deseos y convicciones. Varias décadas des...
2024-11-2131 min
La Voz de César VidalLa Biblioteca: "Absolución" y "El cuarto del bebé" - 21/11/24Con Sagrario Fernández-Prieto. _____________ Suscríbete a CesarVidal.TV y escucha este audio antes que nadie y sin publicidad: https://www.cesarvidal.tv Absolución Autor: Alice McDermott. Traducción de Gabriel Insausti. Editorial: Libros del Asteroide. 336 págs. Tricia es una joven recién casada con un prometedor abogado que trabaja para la Armada estadounidense. Charlene es una entregada ama de casa con tres hijos, tan guapa como intimidante, En el Saigón de 1963, las dos forjan una frágil alianza mientras tratan de compaginar los roles que les han asignado con sus propios deseos y convicciones. Varias décadas des...
2024-11-2131 min
Writers on WritingAlice McDermott, author of ABSOLUTIONAlice McDermott is the author of nine novels, all published by FSG, including Charming Billy (winner of the National Book Award), That Night, As Weddings and Wakes, and After This (which were finalists for the Pulitzer). She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Her most recent novel, now out in paperback, is Absolution. She joins Marrie Stone to talk about it, her door into the Vietnam War, and many of the lessons she applies to her own work which appear in What About the Baby?
2024-11-0459 minWriters on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book LoversAlice McDermott, author of ABSOLUTIONAlice McDermott is the author of nine novels, all published by FSG, including Charming Billy (winner of the National Book Award), That Night, As Weddings and Wakes, and After This (which were finalists for the Pulitzer). She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Her most recent novel, now out in paperback, is Absolution. She joins Marrie Stone to talk about it, her door into the Vietnam War, and many of the lessons she applies to her own work which appear in What About the Baby?
2024-11-0459 min
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2024-10-0500 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentHow Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music by Alison FensterstockPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/739131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music Author: Alison Fensterstock Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 1, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NPR’s launch of the multi-platform series Turning the Tables in 2017, suddenly pushed more women onto “Best of” lists and into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. With How Women Made Music, acclaimed critic and TtT co-founder Ann Powers and contributor Alison Fensterstock draw from every Turning the Tables season and the full 50-years of NPR archives, to bring a vibrant...
2024-10-0105 min
Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-DaltonMark Alice Durant | Summer of the White FoxI visited Mark Alice Durant at his home in Maryland to talk about his book, Summer of the White Fox, and After, published by Saint Lucy Books. We talk about how Mark came to photography and why he started his own publishing imprint. Summer of the White Fox, and After is a memoir and a monograph, with a touch of history and philosophy weaved into the essay. It is a recounting of grief and loss that enveloped Mark and his family through distinct events and all during the pandemic. It is also a story about experiencing love and care...
2024-09-0648 min
The PrinterviewsEpisode 11 - Alice Belfield of AJS Embroidery ServicesJoin me on this latest episode where I talk to Alice Belfield about all things garment decoration, the opportunities with faux embroidery and the challenges of being a young woman in the Industry. There's something in this for everyone. We hope you enjoy!
2024-05-2140 min
Two Sides to the StoryEpisode 53: Interview with Alice McDermottAlice McDermott Official WebsiteAnnapolis Book FestivalTwo Sides to the Story
2024-04-2430 min
Coffee with Catholic Workers023 Alice McGary and Mary Kay McDermott: The CW’s Land and Craft VisionIn this episode we’re joined by Alice from The Mustard Seed Farm in the Ames, Iowa region and Mary Kay from St. Isidore Farm in Southwest Wisconsin. They explore if the word “cult” in Peter Maurin’s alliterative vision of “cult, culture, and cultivation” is scary or a turn off and how they’re trying to be producers and not just consumers.
Email mustardseedbee@gmail.com (Mustard Seed) or catholicworkerschool@gmail.com (St. Isidore) to find out more about how to visit their respective farms.
2024-03-2752 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentSave Me from the Waves: An adventure from sea to summit by Jessica HepburnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Save Me from the Waves: An adventure from sea to summit Author: Jessica Hepburn Narrator: Jessica Hepburn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 7, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Includes BBC RADIO 4 DESERT ISLAND DISCS clips by Maya Angelou, Emma Thompson, Edmund Hillary and many more 'A breathtaking adventure of a truly inspirational woman' – Maxine Peake An adventure story – with a difference. From sea to summit. Fully soundtracked. Jessica Hepburn is an unlikely athlete – she was labelled the ‘arty’ not the ‘sporty’ one in school. She hates exercise...
2024-03-0703 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentDirty Days by Kevin Patrick CorriganPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/758629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirty Days Author: Kevin Patrick Corrigan Narrator: Kevin Patrick Corrigan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 8, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: DIRTY DAYS is a nonfiction narrative. The Setting - the tough Irish bars of New York City in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. A place where life can change in an unforeseen instant. As a Bleecker street bouncer and musician during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s in Greenwich Village, author and narrator Kevin Patrick Corrigan relives true stories of old school...
2024-02-0805 min
MiddayMidday on Books: "Absolution," from novelist Alice McDermott(This conversation originally broadcast on November 30, 2023.) On this encore episode of Midday on Books, Tom speaks with novelist Alice McDermott about her latest novel, "Absolution." The story is set in Vietnam in the earliest days of the war and explores the lives of the American military wives. The book places at its center a young woman, newly married, living in an unfamiliar place, submerged in an unfamiliar milieu of military personnel, consultants and contractors. It is an intimate portrait of a person finding her way, and a telling chronicle of characters that are usually cast...
2024-01-0548 min
Bookreporter Talks To2023 Bookreporter Bets On Selections: Books We're Betting You'll LoveCarol Fitzgerald shares commentary about her 44 Bookreporter Bets On selections from 2023. These are books that she is betting Bookreporter readers will love! Podcast interviews are available for the asterisked authors. Carol's Three Top Titles of 2023 Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See * Homecoming by Kate Morton * The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger * Fiction Go As a River by Shelley Read * Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok * Yellowface by R.F. Kuang The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar * The Better Half by Alli Frank and...
2023-12-151h 33
Another Mother Runner2023 Winter ReadingAvid readers, as well as casual ones, will enjoy this annual episode, in which the hosts Sarah and Ellison talk about a dozen new books they’ve read and recommend. The talk of books kicks off around 4:32. Here are the books the hosts discuss:The Fraud: Zadie SmithDay: Michael CunninghamAbsolution: Alice McdermottWest Heart Kill: Dann McdormanIf on A Winter’s Night a Traveler: Italo CalvinoThe House of Doors: Tan Twan EngPet: Catherine ChidgeyThe Sc...
2023-12-151h 01
The Book ShowThe Book Show – Alice McDermott – Absolution“Absolution,” by National Book Award-winning author Alice McDermott, is the riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. American women and wives have been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in “Absolution” they take center stage.
2023-11-2827 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingAlice McDermottAlice McDermott is the author of nine novels, including Charming Billy, winner of the National Book Award, and That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This, which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and other publications. She lives outside Washington, DC. Her new novel is called Absolution.We talked about voice, epistolary influence, fo...
2023-11-271h 03MiddayMidday on Books: "Absolution," from novelist Alice McDermottTom speaks with novelist Alice McDermott about her latest novel, "Absolution." The story is set in Vietnam in the earliest days of the war and explores the lives of the American military wives. The book places at its center a young woman, newly married, living in an unfamiliar place, submerged in an unfamiliar milieu of military personnel, consultants and contractors. It is an intimate portrait of a person finding her way, and a telling chronicle of characters that are usually cast as ancillary and secondary. Alice McDermott is set to speak about her book at 6:00...
2023-11-2048 min
The Weekly ReaderDispatches from Southeast Asia: Alice McDermott and Vanessa ChanOn this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new historic novels, one set in Malaysia, the other in Vietnam: Absolution, by Alice McDermott, and The Storm We Made, by Veronica Chan. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-11-1403 min
Free Library PodcastAlice McDermott | AbsolutionIn conversation with Nomi Eve
''Filled with so much universal experience, such haunting imagery, such urgent matters of life and death'' (The New York Times), Alice McDermott's bestselling novels include Someone; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; That Night; At Weddings and Wakes; and After This, all of which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction, a collection of essays inspired from a lifetime of reading, writing, and teaching literature. For more than 20 years, McDermott was the Richard A. Macksey Professor of...
2023-11-1050 min
Personally Speaking with Msgr. Jim LisantePersonally Speaking ep. 180 (Alice McDermott)In this episode of Personally Speaking, Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by best-selling author Alice McDermott. Alice is the author of nine novels including “Charming Billy”, winner of the National Book Award. She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times and is a professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. Her latest novel is called, “Absolution”, which is about the lives of American wives on the margins of the Vietnam War. Alice talks about her life, her family, her Catholic faith, and her latest novel, “Absolution”.Support the show
2023-11-0928 min
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums RevisitedEP34 - Mute by CatchersDale Grundle and Alice Lemon from Catchers join me to chat about their band Catchers. Formed in Portstewart in the early 90s the band were signed to Setanta Records and moved to London. 'Cotton Dress' their debut single was awarded 'Single of the Week' in Melody Maker and the band recorded Mute, their debut album, with Mike Hedges in France. Mute was critically acclaimed in the music press and Catchers toured Europe with Pulp and Edwyn Collins becoming hugely popular in France. Dale and Alice chat about the Catchers career, the recording of both Mute and Stooping to Fit...
2023-11-061h 17
Poured OverAlice McDermott on ABSOLUTION "It does come down to that moment, when as a reader or as a writer entering into a story we say — it's not about me, it's about you." Alice McDermott's Absolution shines a light on the dynamic lives of American women as they navigate the tumultuous era of the Vietnam War. McDermott joins us to talk about the untold pieces of American history, the evolution of her career as a writer, the power and impact of language in fiction and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured...
2023-11-0250 min
The Book CaseAlice McDermott on the Women Behind the Vietnam WarAlice McDermott has written one of THE great novels of 2023. Absolution is so many things…a portrait of diplomatic wives carving out lives for themselves in Saigon before the start of the war, a moralistic novel about the dangers of colonialism and good intentions, the story of the complex relationships women have with motherhood, and with each other. Why did she write it? And what has convinced so many that it's going to be a Pulitzer finalist this year? Tune in and find out. Our bookstore this week comes from one of our beloved listeners-The Lost Bookshop in Delhi, NY. Joi...
2023-11-0239 min
The Book ReviewWhat Big Books Have Yet to Come Out in 2023?On this week’s episode, a look at the rest of the year in books — new fiction from Alice McDermott and this year’s Nobel laureate, Jon Fosse, a journalist’s investigation of state-sanctioned killings in the Philippines, and a trio of celebrity memoirs. Discussed in this week’s episode:“The Vulnerables,” by Sigrid Nunez“Day,” by Michael Cunningham“Absolution,” by Alice McDermott“A Shining,” by Jon Fosse“Romney: A Reckoniung,” by McKay Coppins“Class,” by Stephanie Land“Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia Evangelista“The Kingdom...
2023-10-1324 min
doyanutangread [Pdf] The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott read [Pdf] The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott Read Online The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook The Ninth Hour for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://nembesanga.blogspot.com/33931059-the-ninth-hour **Download Book Here ==> https://nembesanga.blogspot.com/33931059-the-ninth-hour Book Synopsis : A magnificent new novel from one of America’s finest writersâ€â€a powerfully affecting story spanning the twentieth century of a widow and her daughter and the nuns who serve their Irish-A...
2023-09-0100 min
doyanutang[Epub] [Download] What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction by Alice McDermott [Epub] [Download] What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction by Alice McDermott Read Online What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction by Alice McDermott is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://sr-book-sudut.blogspot.com/54785497-what-about-the-baby **Download Book Here ==> https://sr-book-sudut.blogspot.com/54785497-what-about-the-baby Book Synopsis : A collection of essays, lectures...
2023-09-0100 min
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2023-08-3100 min
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2023-08-2700 min
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComCome Out of the Kitchen!: A Romance by Alice Duer MillerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come Out of the Kitchen!: A Romance Author: Alice Duer Miller Narrator: Susan Iannucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: When Mr. Burton Crane leases a house in the country, he expects it to be fully staffed … except, it isn’t. So Mr. Crane enlists his friend, Mrs. Falkener, to help interview his prospective cook, butler, housemaid, and general helper. Mr. Crane is especially drawn to the woman applying as cook, but Mrs. Falkener doesn’t like any of the candidates! Is she...
2023-07-1803 min
ScenarioThe CinemaThis episode follows the story of Alice Guy and what happened when photography companies splintered off into the world of cinema. Alice Guy was a filmmaking pioneer and the first woman film director. However, her name and achievements remained unknown for a long time. So, who was Alice Guy? And what happened to her story? *** There are ads in the show for Bookshop.org and Pixpa You can also find many books you might like in our Bookshop.org storefront: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/scenario If you buy a book that we...
2023-04-2524 min
Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsBlack Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds by Jayna BrownPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds Author: Jayna Brown Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as a way of exploring alternative states of being, doing, and imagining in Black culture. Musical, literary, and mystic practices become utopian enclaves in which Black people engage in modes of creative worldmaking. Brown explores the lives and work of Black women mystics Sojourner Truth...
2022-05-2430 min
Soleful: Sneaker StoriesHelen KirkumIn today's episode, Kish and Jason sit down with artist and designer Helen Kirkum. Helen is widely considered a pioneer within the hacked and deconstructed aesthetic within the sneaker industry, and makes it her mission to bring new life to and create custom pieces from used and thrown away sneakers. Through her practice, Helen challenges us to rethink the meaning of consumption and the way we interact with the products we own.@helenkirkumstudioDon't forget to subscribe now and follow us on socials:@kishkash1@madebyjase@sohoradio...
2022-03-2345 minSoleful: Sneaker StoriesErin Narloch and Frank the ButcherKish and Jason host sneaker culture and streetwear scene veteran Frank 'The Butcher' Rivera and returning guest Erin Narloch to talk about their work on the Reebok Archive, what it means to help a brand find its identity, and how to preserve its legacy. Don't forget to subscribe now and follow us on socials:@kishkash1@madebyjase@sohoradio & @srpsohostudiosThis is a Soho Radio Originals production.Executive Producer: Davide BlasigAudio Producers: Rachael Bird, Will Fitzpatrick, Alice McDermottAudio Editing & M...
2022-03-161h 40Soleful: Sneaker StoriesElizabeth SemmelhackIn this episode, Kish and Jason sit down with Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator and creative director of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and author of the book "Sneakers X Culture: Collab”. On top of today’s trends and their evolution, Elizabeth also takes us on a journey through the history and cultural significance of footwear.Don't forget to subscribe now and follow us on socials:@kishkash1@madebyjase@sohoradio & @srpsohostudiosThis is a Soho Radio Originals production.Executive Producer: Davide BlasigAudio Prod...
2022-03-0956 minSoleful: Sneaker StoriesJacques ChassaingKish and Jason talk to legendary creative director & designer Jacques Chassaing. As Head of Footwear Creation and latterly VP of Design at Adidas, in the 80s Jacques and his team came up with the original Adidas ZX range, used by runners of all types and abilities around the globe for the past 4 decades.Don't forget to subscribe now and follow us on socials:@kishkash1@madebyjase@sohoradio & @srpsohostudiosThis is a Soho Radio Originals production.Executive Producer: Davide BlasigAudio Producers: Rachael...
2022-03-021h 00Soleful: Sneaker StoriesJulia Schoierer AKA Sneaker QueenJoin Kish and Jason as they chat with Julia Schoierer AKA Sneaker Queen. Photographer, brand consultant but most of all true sneaker savant thanks to her encyclopaedic knowledge of kicks.Don't forget to subscribe now and follow us on socials:@kishkash1@madebyjase@sohoradio & @srpsohostudiosThis is a Soho Radio Originals production.Executive Producer: Davide BlasigAudio Producers: Rachael Bird, Will Fitzpatrick, Alice McDermottAudio Editing & Music: Adrian Meehan Artwork: Stefano Della Schiava See acast.co...
2022-02-231h 06Soleful: Sneaker StoriesYemi Bamiro - One Man and His ShoesIn the second episode of season 2, Kish and Jason talk to director and producer Yemi Bamiro.His film "One Man and His Shoes” (available now on BBC iPlayer) tackles the untold story of the world's most iconic sneaker: the Air Jordan.Don't forget to subscribe now and follow us on socials:@kishkash1@madebyjase@sohoradio & @srpsohostudiosThis is a Soho Radio Originals production.Executive Producer: Davide BlasigAudio Producers: Rachael Bird, Will Fitzpatrick, Alice McDermott Audio Editing & Mus...
2022-02-1653 min
Soleful: Sneaker StoriesSimon 'Woody' Wood - Sneaker Freaker Welcome to the first episode of season 2!Kish & Jason sit down with Simon “Woody” Wood, the founder and editor of Sneaker Freaker magazine, in this special feature-length episode.In little more than a decade, Woody created a unique global brand at the fore of the sneaker industry, publishing in over 50 countries. In 2018 he also penned The Ultimate Sneaker Book.Please note this episode of Soleful Sneaker Stories was recorded before the tragic death of Virgil Abloh and contains references to his work. RIP Virgil, you will be missed.Do...
2022-02-091h 44
Soleful: Sneaker StoriesSeason 2 TrailerSoho Radio & Soho Radio Originals are happy to present the second season of the Soleful: Sneakers Stories. Hosted by sneakers experts Kish Kash & Jason Coles, Soleful is a deep dive into the world of sneaker culture. Each episode reveals the amazing stories behind the world’s most loved sneakers, straight from the people that create, collect and covet them. After the success of season 1, which featured guests like Stan Smith (Adidas), Steve Van Doren (Vans) and Steven Smith (Nike, New Balance, Yeezy,..), Kish & Jason are back with more storie...
2022-02-0201 minFirst Draft: A Dialogue on WritingAlice McDermottAlice McDermott is the author of several novels, including The Ninth Hour; Someone; After This; Child of My Heart; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; and At Weddings and Wakes—all published by FSG. That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were all finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and elsewhere. For more than two decades she was the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the faculty at the Sewanee Writ...
2022-01-031h 03
The Commonweal PodcastEp. 71 - Best of 2021It’s our favorite time of year here on the Commonweal Podcast.On this special episode, we revisit four of our best interviews from 2021:Phil Klay elucidates the complexities of modern warfare. Rita Ferrone explains how Catholic tradition evolves. Alice McDermott tells us what made her decide to become a writer. And Susannah Heschel describes how the spiritual legacy of her father, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, can help us fight for social justice today.Listen to the full-length interviews here:· ‘War Without End,’ with...
2021-12-2329 min
Tablet StudiosBagels and BooksThis week on Unorthodox, are we ready for a Better Bagel?Our guest is novelist Alice McDermott, whose latest book is What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. She tells us about her 1998 National Book Award-winning novel, Charming Billy, as well as her Catholic faith, relationship with the church, and what she misses now that she’s no longer teaching.Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation at bit.ly/givetounorthodox.Send comments and questions to...
2021-11-1156 min
Creepy Cove Community Church PodcastS3 Ep8 'I'm Not Okay, You're Not Okay and That's Okay' (Exploring Our Mental Health) FULL SERVICE feat Laurie Strode from HalloweenSend us a textWelcome to Creepy Cove Community Church! The only horror themed church service podcast that we know of...In tonights service Rupert our church administrator points out a most intriguing sight...a strange light from a crashed meteor which emits an impossible to describe colour out of space. What on earth could it be? Next we hear some exciting news about Damien Thorne's birthday party, and an invite for the church to make little balloon animals for his garden party. The balloons are all for you, Damien!We...
2021-11-0636 min
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums RevisitedEP6 - Michael O'SheaEpisode six focuses on Michael O'Shea's self-titled 1982 album. Michael O’Shea played an instrument made from a door that he called “Mo Chara” (my friend). His 1982 album, is regarded as a landmark cult classic. The instrument was inspired by the Hammered Dulcimer, but Michael added amplification and effects lending it a strong sense of otherworldliness. Its sound is steeped in Celtic undertones but also resonant with the cultures Michael had absorbed on his travels in the East. This is a portrait of a musician who went AWOL from the British Army, spent time as a relief worker in Bangladesh, suppor...
2021-11-051h 04
MAVGEEKS: A Military Aircraft ObsessionLockheed Martin C130 Hercules: a Truly Heavenly BodyOur MavGeeks have a truly spiritual experience this week as they speak to Our Sacred Lady of the Fat Albert, Reverend (Sqn Ldr) Alice McDermott – Pilot turned Padre -about her time flying the venerable C130 Hercules.
Alex brings up a less than sanctified topic about praying to the Lockheed Martin gods down the big white telephone after a few bumpy trips down route, Gini comes to the confessional to admit she has also come close to offering up those prayers after a few spins around the Rock of Gibraltar in the back of the venerated Lockheed Lady; three Hail He...
2021-10-1242 min
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastThe Beauty and Mystery of the Wilderness with Nick RipatrazoneBack in the innocent days of February 2020, host Mike Jordan Laskey sent a Twitter message to author Nick Ripatrazone in reply to a tweet Nick posted about reading the Graham Greene novel "The Power and the Glory" for Lent, which is something he does every year. What if we invited others to read along with us and talk about it online? Mike asked. Nick was up for it and the Jesuit Book Club was born.
Since then, the Jesuit Book Club has hosted a series of live events featuring conversations with some of today’s best authors who are rooted in...
2021-09-0846 min
BookwormAlice McDermott: “What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction”Alice McDermott discusses the madness in fiction and her new book, “What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction.”
2021-08-2630 min
Literary Lain PodcastBetween Pet and Literary LainWe discuss first sentences and Alice Mcdermott's article on Lithub.Lightning Round Question: How long have you gone without reading?Stay Lit and Stay in Your Lain!!!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alaina-latham/support
2021-08-2410 min
Literary Lain PodcastBetween Pet and Literary LainWe discuss first sentences and Alice Mcdermott's article on Lithub.Lightning Round Question: How long have you gone without reading?Stay Lit and Stay in Your Lain!!!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alaina-latham/support
2021-08-2410 min
Unlock: This Thrilling Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.What About the Baby? by Alice McDermottPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/37161to listen full audiobooks.
Title: What About the Baby?
Author: Alice McDermott
Narrator: Angela Dawe
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 08-17-21
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 11 ratings
Genres: Essays
Publisher's Summary:
What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction gathers the best-selling novelist Alice McDermott’s pithiest wisdom about her chosen art, acquired over a lifetime as an acclaimed writer and teacher of writing.
2021-08-176h 57
The Commonweal PodcastEp. 62 - Life SentencesFor National Book Award winner Alice McDermott, being a writer is a lot like being a believer. You get used to uncertainty, and become comfortable living in the dark.On this episode McDermott, a frequent Commonweal contributor, shares a career’s worth of insights on the art of fiction with managing editor Katie Daniels.She also recounts the moment when she realized she would be a writer, and discusses what a lifetime of working with words has taught her.For further reading:· Things, A...
2021-07-2930 min
AWM Author TalksEpisode 40: Alice McDermott & Joseph O’NeillThis week, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, acclaimed Irish-American writers Alice McDermott, Joseph O’Neill and Irish Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall discuss their work, their approach to writing, and their shared Irish heritage. This program originally took place October 29th, 2020 and was recorded live over Zoom.
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2021-03-1548 min
Thoughts from a Page PodcastPamela Redmond - OLDERPamela discusses her latest novel Older, writing a book that provides some humor during these troubling times, enjoying her novel Younger as a television show and having Sutton Foster cast in the show, writing about aging, and much more. Older can be purchased at Murder by the Book. Pamela’s 2 recommended reads are: The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline Someone by Alice McDermott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-09-2528 min
Beatrice Institute PodcastA Revelation of Grief and WonderAmy Alznauer is a polymath: she is a writer, arts collaborator, and an instructor of calculus and number theory at Northwestern University. Amy and Elise's conversation touches on all of these things. Amy tells us about why she started writing picture-book biographies and what the genius of childhood can teach grown-up readers. She and Elise dive into Flannery O'Connor's unpublished early novel, the grief that motivated O'Connor's writing, and the recent controversy surrounding a New Yorker piece on O'Connor and racism. They wrap up the conversation by investigating what makes infinity simultaneously compelling and terrifying and the relationship between...
2020-09-211h 19
The BookmarkThe Bookmark Episode #5: Listener Questions!Show Notes for 7/31 episode of The Bookmark:Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWe Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi CoatesIntimations by Zadie SmithWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithOn Beauty by Zadie SmithTransAtlantic by Colum McCannLet the Great World Spin by Column McCannThe Maze at Windermere by Gregory Blake SmithThe Ninth Hour by Alice McDermottInstructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Fa...
2020-07-3137 min
Dig Me Out: 90s & 00s Rock#486: Michael McDermott and Brian Koppleman revisit GethsemaneWhile we have chatted with many artists over the years, rarely have we been able to get the record label perspective on the various ups and downs of the 90s. For this episode, we're lucky to get singer/songwriter Michael McDermott, who has been making records for thirty years, and the A&R rep who helped kick off that career, Brian Koppelman. While Brian is better known for his screenwriting (Rounders, Ocean's 13) and showrunning (Billions), his life in the music industry dates back to high school with A&R stints at Elektra Records, Giant Records, SBK Records and EMI Rec...
2020-05-0548 minDig Me Out: 90s & 00s Rock#486: Michael McDermott and Brian Koppleman revisit GethsemaneWhile we have chatted with many artists over the years, rarely have we been able to get the record label perspective on the various ups and downs of the 90s. For this episode, we're lucky to get singer/songwriter Michael McDermott, who has been making records for thirty years, and the A&R rep who helped kick off that career, Brian Koppelman. While Brian is better known for his screenwriting (Rounders, Ocean's 13) and showrunning (Billions), his life in the music industry dates back to high school with A&R stints at Elektra Records, Giant Records, SBK Records and EMI Rec...
2020-05-0548 min
Dig Me Out - The 90s rock podcast#486: Michael McDermott and Brian Koppleman revisit GethsemaneWhile we have chatted with many artists over the years, rarely have we been able to get the record label perspective on the various ups and downs of the 90s. For this episode, we're lucky to get singer/songwriter Michael McDermott, who has been making records for thirty years, and the A&R rep who helped kick off that career, Brian Koppelman. While Brian is better known for his screenwriting (Rounders, Ocean's 13) and showrunning (Billions), his life in the music industry dates back to high school with A&R stints at Elektra Records, Giant Records, SBK Records and EMI Rec...
2020-05-0548 min
WDYD?WDYD? - Teacher*NEWS!* - The first live episode of WDYD? will be broadcast on the Culture Channel on Soho Radio on Thursday 5th March at 6pm - it will be in honour of International Women's Day and will be all about women's experiences of working in the arts with two fabulous guests. Tune in at sohoradiolondon.com or download the app! If you miss it, you'll be able to listen back on Mixcloud.In today’s episode I speak to the wonderful Gillian who has been a school teacher in South London since the mid 1980s. I was very in...
2020-02-2946 minWDYD?WDYD? - Professional AthleteHello and welcome to episode 7 of What Do You Do! In today’s episode I talk all things sport and life with professional footballer Paco Craig. After training regularly all throughout secondary school, Paco joined West Ham’s Youth Academy - also known as ‘the’ club - in 2008 at the age of 16, and went through the system until 2011. Following his release - i.e when he found out he wouldn’t be signed to the Premier league team - he tried out a couple of non-league clubs in the UK before deciding to travel to the States where he played col...
2020-02-051h 05WDYD?WDYD? - Entrepreneur Jackie FastWDYD? is back! I hope you’ve all enjoyed a great start to 2020.My first guest of the decade is the wonderful Jackie Fast - businesswoman, author, keynote speaker, Apprentice 2018 candidate and above all, a very successful entrepreneur. We talk about the reality of Jackie’s journey from one-woman operation in her bedroom to the build, scale and sale of her sponsorship business, and what life has been like after the fact. She tells about living in a shed out the back of a pub in Tooting Broadway to working on Necker Island, to the day-t...
2020-01-221h 01WDYD?WDYD? - Side Hustles & Passion ProjectsOur two side-hustling guests David and Hannah met 18 months ago - David is the co-founder of Foundervine, a social enterprise that aims to help underestimated and underserved entrepreneurs to build and scale their businesses, such as the BAME community and women in tech. It was at one of Foundervine’s events that Hannah met the team and also her co-founder. Leveraging her expertise in coding and software engineering, Hannah joined forces with an experienced businesswoman to launch vrcalm, an uplifting virtual reality experience that aims to improve the quality of life of people with dementia. They’ve both enjoyed succ...
2019-12-1153 minWDYD?WDYD? - NursesWelcome back! Continuing the healthcare theme from the last episode of WDYD?, this week I am joined by the brilliant Chloe and Brian to discuss what life is like as a nurse in the private healthcare sector in 2019. They work on an oncology ward together and both made the move from public to private a few years ago - we discuss what their motivations were, and how their experiences differ now. We also talk about the emotional and physical demands of being a nurse, of being the ‘shock absorber’ of the care system for both patients and family during time...
2019-11-2750 minWDYD?WDYD? - Junior DoctorIn today's episode, Ebo and I discuss the ins and outs (quite literally) of being a Junior Doctor in 2019. He's three years into his career with the NHS, and is currently a Senior House Officer - with Registrar being the next step and beyond that, the heady heights of Consultant - and it seems he's still settling into his profession in many ways. Amongst the busyness of choosing what specialism to focus on, which vague part of the country to live in (or near) and paying/studying for extremely difficult exams whilst working day and night shifts, Ebo...
2019-11-1357 minWDYD?WDYD? - LawyeringIn the second episode of WDYD? I speak to a lawyer who is currently 2 years PQE (i.e 2 years since qualification having spent 2 years training) about his years in the profession, and what the future might hold. Amongst juicy tales of getting through a training contract and facing off to tough bosses, our solicitor friend tells us about the somewhat jubilant highs, and sometimes crushing lows of daily life in the world of justice. We hear some very honest advice about how to get into the profession, the intricacies of Britain's legal structures (what’s the difference between a...
2019-10-301h 00WDYD?WDYD? - The Army and BeyondIn today's episode I talk to Ollie, a military vet who served in Afghanistan after training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He returned to civilian life in 2015 and has since worked at an investment bank, a large corporate and is now in the start-up world, and has some fascinating insights into not only the daily japes of an officer in the Armed Forces, but also into how other returning service people can successfully leverage their skills in the commercial world. Oh and guys - don't skip leg day! Please do bear in mind that our chat r...
2019-10-031h 01
The Commonweal PodcastLiterature & LongingNovelist Alice McDermott, a self-described “contrarian Catholic,” speaks about her forays into op-ed writing. Pulitzer-prize winning author Paul Harding expatiates on his love of Karl Barth and the literary qualities of the Bible. Mockingbird Ministries’ David Zahl diagnoses our modern spiritual malaise and our foolhardy quest for “enoughness.”
2019-05-151h 13
The 92nd Street Y, New YorkAlice McDermott and Roger Rosenblatt in Conversation: The Writing LifeWriting is hard. The isolation and loneliness that come with working as a writer can be harder still. Is it worth it? How do celebrated authors like Alice McDermott and Roger Rosenblatt keep going?
Join these two friends for an uplifting and inspiring conversation about the beauty and madness of writing life. They share insights, wisdom, and humor—as well as stories from their ongoing “humiliations competition” in which they report their latest hilarious humbling experiences as writers. And they discuss their faith in art as a light leading away from horror and cruelty and toward a nobler life.
2019-02-271h 09
JourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 23, 2018Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Welcome the Child* for Sunday, 23 September 2018; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Ninth Hour* by Alice McDermott (2017); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Rachel Carson* (2017); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Observer* by Rainer Maria Rilke.
2018-09-1614 min
Tune In To The Full Audiobook That Keeps Busy Professionals Hooked.Let's Talk About Love by Claire KannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/200058to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Let's Talk About Love
Author: Claire Kann
Narrator: Adenrele Ojo
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
Release date: 07-18-18
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 159 ratings
Genres: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Alice had her whole summer planned. Nonstop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adulting - working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual). Alice is done with dating...
2018-07-189h 05
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 36 - Chris and Emily Discuss Their Reading Goals for 2018Episode Thirty Six Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
Join our Goodreads Group!
Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.
Willa Cather Bookclub:
Join Chris on January 18th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT where she is kicking off a quarterly Willa Cather book club starting with My Antonia.
We have an upcoming read-along:
February – Maurice by E.M. Forster
Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode
– Reading Goals...
2018-01-0959 min
First DraftFirst Draft - Alice McDermott 2First Draft interview with Alice McDermott, author of The Ninth Hour
2018-01-0139 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirsr Draft - Alice McDermott 2Alice McDermott is the author of eight novels, including National Book Award winner Charming Billy and The Ninth Hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-01-0143 minBook Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 35 - Chris & Emily Discuss Their TopEpisode Thirty Five Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
Join our Goodreads Group!
Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.
We have an upcoming read-along:
February – Maurice by E.M. Forster.
– Just Read –
Chris DNF’d a book: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay
The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman (EF)
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival – Velma Wallis (CW)
Cove – Cynan Jones (EF)
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir – Alexandria Marzano...
2017-12-261h 05
The Book Bully2: The BookBully Blabs New BooksThe BookBully goes a bit crazy talking about new books she's read or is looking forward to reading. Let's just say her eyes are bigger than her reading capacity! BOOK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti Brewster by Mark Slouka The Secret History by Donna Tartt The World of Tomorrow by Brendan Mathews (yes, only one "t") The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo Commonwealth by Ann Patchet...
2017-12-1900 min
In The ArenaGuest Host Fr.Michael Duffy Talks to Guests Alice McDermott; Brian Byrd; Shari Sharifi Brown and Paul Kengor
2017-11-1954 min
New Books in PhotographyMark Alice Durant, “27 Contexts – An Anecdotal History in Photography” (Saint Lucy Books, 2017)27 Contexts –An Anecdotal History in Photography by Mark Alice Durant was published by Saint Lucy Books (January, 2017) with 288 pages and 90 Color and black and white images.
27 Contexts is a series of linked essays that examine how photographs are inextricably bound in our personal and collective histories. Beginning with the author’s childhood obsession with his parents’ wedding album through a lifetime making photographs, teaching, and writing about photography, Durant’s narrative weaves memoir with photographic history and theory.
Illustrated with a broad spectrum of images from family snapshots to Hubble space imagery, to the work of artis...
2017-04-2641 min
New Books in ArtMark Alice Durant, “27 Contexts – An Anecdotal History in Photography” (Saint Lucy Books, 2017)27 Contexts –An Anecdotal History in Photography by Mark Alice Durant was published by Saint Lucy Books (January, 2017) with 288 pages and 90 Color and black and white images.
27 Contexts is a series of linked essays that examine how photographs are inextricably bound in our personal and collective histories. Beginning with the author’s childhood obsession with his parents’ wedding album through a lifetime making photographs, teaching, and writing about photography, Durant’s narrative weaves memoir with photographic history and theory.
Illustrated with a broad spectrum of images from family snapshots to Hubble space imagery, to the work of artis...
2017-04-2641 min
So Many Damn Books52: Kathleen Donohoe & "Charming Billy"Kathleen Donohoe drops by the Damn Library to talk about her book, Ashes of Fiery Weather, and all the historical disasters contained within, as well as her personal connections to Brooklyn. Surprise '98 National Book Award winner Charming Billy by Alice McDermott is also discussed, and parallels are unlocked, like funerals! and Bridies! 15 seconds of a song: Maria Taylor's "Irish Goodbye" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2016-10-1937 min
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastEp. 5: Howard Axelrod & Adam LathamHoward talks to James about his memoir, THE POINT OF VANISHING, and how he was able to create such a vivid portrait of his two years spent living alone in the woods of Vermont. They discuss finding peace in the world and in their writing. Plus Adam Latham from the Sewanee Writers' Conference gives the history of the conference and tips for applying.
Howard and James discuss:
Dwight Garner
Laura Miller
Slate
CBC
Toronto Blue Jays
Mindy Kaling
Eat, Pray, Love
B...
2016-04-051h 38
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft: Alice McDermottAlice McDermott is the author of seven novels including National Book Award Winner Charming Billy and three Pulitzer Prize finalists: After This, That Night and At Weddings and Wakes. She is Johns Hopkins University's Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities. She has a BA from SUNY Oswego and an MA from University of New Hampshire. Her new novel is Someone.
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2015-11-0732 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 18, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Stoning of Stephen: What's So Special About The First Christian Martyr?* for Sunday, 18 May 2014; book review: *Someone: A Novel* by Alice McDermott (2013); film review: *Dirty Wars* (2013); poem review: *Suspended* by Denise Levertov.
2014-05-1116 min
The Church In The 21st Century CenterAstonished by Love: Storytelling and the Sacramental ImaginationNovelist Alice McDermott addresses is it love that transforms us, or the recounting of it? Does the effort to shape a story reveal what goes unseen, or does the storyteller create meaning where life tells us no meaning can be found?...
2014-05-011h 17The Seattle Public LibraryAlice McDermott, October 9Novelist Alice McDermott, who won the National Book Award for "Charming Billy," reads from her latest book, "Someone."
2013-11-0800 minBookwormAlice McDermott: SomeoneAlice McDermott once felt a fear that her new novel would be seen as just another of her perfect Irish American novels. Instead it leaps from the page.
2013-11-0729 min
First DraftFirst Cuts from First Draft - Alice McDermottAlice McDermott is the author of seven novels including National Book Award Winner Charming Billy and three Pulitzer Prize finalists: After This, That Night and At Weddings and Wakes. She is Johns Hopkins University's Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities. She has a BA from SUNY Oswego and an MA from University of New Hampshire. Her new novel is Someone.
More on First Draft on Aspen Public Radio: aspenpublicradio.org/programs/first-draft
2013-09-0907 min
First DraftFirst Draft - Alice McDermottAlice McDermott is the author of seven novels including National Book Award Winner Charming Billy and three Pulitzer Prize finalists: After This, That Night and At Weddings and Wakes. She is Johns Hopkins University's Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities. She has a BA from SUNY Oswego and an MA from University of New Hampshire. Her new novel is Someone.
More on First Draft on Aspen Public Radio: aspenpublicradio.org/programs/first-draft
2013-09-0929 min
Songs to Learn and SingFrom the Archives - Jim Rose and Preacher Muad'dib“PT Barnan meets John Waters with women Sumo wrestling and Mexican transvestite wrestling… It’s thrills, chills and doctor pills, a ticket’s good for a seat but you will only use the edge, it’s high flying bone-jarring excitement, not since Christians were fed to the lions has there been a show this dangerous.” Jim Rose, Dublin 1999
In July 1999 Jim Rose performed in Dublin's Vicar Street with his Secrets of the Strange tour. I spent an afternoon in Vicar Street as local performers auditioned for the show. In this feature I chat to Rose and a 19 year old Dubliner hop...
2013-02-1508 min
The Writer and The CriticEpisode 26: 'Evaporating Genres' and 'James Tiptree Jr'This last episode of The Writer and the Critic for 2012 sees your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, sink their teeth into non-fiction. But first they give a friendly shout-out to the brand spanking new podcast from Sean Wright, Adventures of a Bookonaut -- to which you should all go and listen right now -- as well as the entertainingly erudite Ambling Along the Acqueduct blog. (Kirstyn's brand spanking new novel, Perfections, might also garner a wee mention.) The duo then become embroiled in a debate about critics and authors and whether one person can or even should wear both...
2012-12-271h 43