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Joe Klein

March 25, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Kurt and novelist Joe Klein discuss the public’s perception of the modern presidency.

Commentary: No Bucks for Good Books

March 25, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Don Foster: Literary Sleuth

March 25, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Fan Fiction

March 25, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Commentary: National Book Award

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Wingdale Community Singers

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Three singer-songwriter-musicians for the price of one. This band-without-a-front-man is fronted by David Grubbs, Hannah Marcus, and Rick Moody — yes, that Rick Moody (author of The Ice Storm, Purple America, and other novels). They join Kurt in the studio to play a few tunes and talk about their new record and their music, which […]

John Irving Continued

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

John Irving talks about church organs, the film of Cider House Rules, writers he does and doesn’t admire, and why he rewrote his new novel after he gave it to the publisher.

John Irving

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

John Irving talks about Captain Cook, the history of tattooing, and where to put your favorite sentence when you’re writing a novel. He reads from Until I Find You, and explains how not knowing his biological father shaped his life as a writer.

Special Guest: John Irving

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

John Irving is the author of 11 books, including The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules, for which he also wrote the screenplay.

Mark Helprin

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Mark Helprin writes books with an adventurous spirit and great historical sweep. Not surprising for a guy who’s held jobs as a surveyor, Israeli infantryman, and speechwriter for Bob Dole. Helprin talks to Kurt about his new book Freddy and Fredericka, a comic novel about British Royals who’ve been sent incognito to America to clean […]