The 3 Best Bookworm Podcast Episodes
1) Wallace Shawn: Night Thoughts
This show features a dramatic and emotional reading by writer/actor Wallace Shawn of an excerpt from Night Thoughts, his book-length essay.
adam_p recommended:
this conversation and reading exhibit a compassion and perspective in rate supply
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Danzy Senna: New People
In her novel New People, Danzy Senna relishes kicking political correctness to the curb. She believes that irony and humor are more effective than earnestness when writing about race and gender
conroychill recommended:
Michael Silverblatt never ceases to turn me on to a book thru thoughtful interviews and keen insights. this episode features Danzy Senna's "...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Dave Eggers: The Parade
The Parade, by Dave Eggers, is a book of creeping dread, where every worst thing is possible, and rational reason leads one to expect that the worst is not over.
4) Friends of Michael
Longtime friend and editor of Bookworm, Alan Howard, returns to host this episode, the last of 10 shows to journey through Bookworm’s 33 years and offer a retrospective look at Michael’s accomplishmen...Show More
5) Chapter 9: Grief and Loss
Close friend of Michael Silverblatt’s and Bookworm editor for 30 years, Alan Howard guest hosts this episode on grief and loss. When the two met more than 33 years ago, Michael’s first words were, “Wh...Show More
6) Poetry
Poet, author, and co-founder of The Song Cave , Alan Felsenthal guest hosts this episode’s focus on poetry. As a close friend and mentee of Michael Silverblatt’s, Felsenthal recalls Michael’s revelati...Show More
7) The Story of America, Pt. 3
Prolific author Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, co-founder of 826 National, and other significant projects, first met Micheal Silverblatt in 2000, upon the publication of his first book –– a crit...Show More
8) The Story of America, Pt. 2
Prolific author Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, co-founder of 826 National, and other significant projects, first met Micheal Silverblatt in 2000, upon the publication of his first book –– a crit...Show More
9) The Story of America, Pt. 1
Claudia Rankine, award-winning poet and author of Citizen: An American Lyric, a book-length poem about the pernicious racism of American daily life, hosts the first of a three-part episode on the stor...Show More
10) The Confederacy of Bookworms
Guest host Mary Corey, teacher of American history at UCLA and author of "The World Through a Monocle" about The New Yorker Magazine, teaches a course on American popular culture that explores the blu...Show More