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Bookworm for February 03, 2008
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: James McCourt, "Now Voyagers: The Night Sea Journey"
This big, hilarious and joyful book has been twenty-five years in the making. The best description of it came from Fran Lebowitz who called it "The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization set to music." James McCourt describes this first volume (of three) of his masterpiece-in-progress.
A must for the serious reader, "Bookworm" showcases writers of fiction and poetry - the established, new or emerging - all interviewed with insight and precision by the show's host and guiding spirit, Michael Silverblatt.
A man who converses on an equal plane with writers of fiction and poetry, often surprising them with his insights, Michael Silverblatt has made "Bookworm" the country's premier literary talk-show. His secret, says Norman Mailer, who has subjected himself three times to the "Bookworm's" scrutiny, is that "he's the best reader in America." Silverblatt's formidable knowledge comes from close reading and analysis of a writer's entire oeuvre.
A New York native, Silverblatt graduated from the State University of New York in Buffalo and later took advanced courses at Johns Hopkins. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s where he worked in motion picture public relations and script development. He created "Bookworm" for KCRW-FM in 1989.
An audio cassette copy of an individual broadcast is available for $15.00. Copies of additional broadcasts, ordered at the same time, are $10.00 each. Send request with check (made payable to Bookworm) to: Bookworm c/o KCRW, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. Or call for a complete catalog. (310)450-5183. Transcripts of Bookworm are not available.
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