KQED-FM: KQED: The Writers' Block Podcast
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Podcast Description
KQED's weekly reading series featuring writers and performers of all stripes reading the latest short fiction, non-fiction, theater and poetry. Visit www.kqed.org/writersblock to check out the complete archive.
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Nathan Englander: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank | Nathan Englander reads a passage from his latest story collection, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blake Nelson: Dream School | Blake Nelson reads a passage from DREAM SCHOOL, the sequel to his beloved 1994 novel GIRL. | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ryan Boudinot: Blueprints of the Afterlife | Ryan Boudinot reads a passage from BLUEPRINTS OF THE AFTERLIFE about the aftermath of a sentient glacier wiping out most of North America. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Stein: The Fallback Plan | Leigh Stein reads a passage from her debut novel, THE FALLBACK PLAN, about what happens when you graduate college without a fallback plan. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ellis Avery: The Last Nude | Ellis Avery reads a passage from THE LAST NUDE, her new novel about an artist and her most famous muse in Paris between the world wars. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tea Obreht: The Tiger's Wife | Tea Obreht, one of The New Yorker's best American writers under forty, reads a passage from her debut novel, THE TIGER'S WIFE. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joshua Mohr: Damascus | Joshua Mohr reads a passage from DAMASCUS, his latest novel about a man whose birthmark unfortunately resembles a Hitler mustache. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ismet Prcic: Shards | Ismet Prcic reads a passage from SHARDS, his debut novel about a young Bosnian who flees his war-torn homeland. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anisse Gross: Last Year's Snow | Anisse Gross reads her evocative poem, LAST YEAR'S SNOW. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Orner: Love and Shame and Love | Peter Orner reads a passage from LOVE AND SHAME AND LOVE, his latest novel that illuminates the countless ways that love both makes us whole and completely unravels us. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Jeremiah Sullivan: Pulphead | John Jeremiah Sullivan, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, reads "Feet in Smoke," a piece from his new essay collection, PULPHEAD. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hector Tobar: The Barbarian Nurseries | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Hector Tobar reads a passage from his latest, THE BARBARIAN NURSERIES. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern reads a passage from THE NIGHT CIRCUS, her spell-casting debut novel that has been heralded as the next Harry Potter. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alan Hollinghurst: The Stranger's Child | Alan Hollinghurst, winner of the 2004 Booker Prize for THE LINE OF BEAUTY, reads a passage from his latest novel, THE STRANGER'S CHILD. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ann Joslin Williams: Down from Cascom Mountain | Ann Joslin Williams reads a passage from DOWN FROM CASCOM MOUNTAIN, her debut novel about how a rural New Hampshire community deals with tragedy. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Eugenides: The Marriage Plot | Jeffrey Eugenides, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES and MIDDLESEX, reads a passage from his latest, THE MARRIAGE PLOT. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Eugenides: The Marriage Plot | Jesmyn Ward reads a passage from SALVAGE THE BONES, her novel that was just announced as a finalist for the National Book Award. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LitCrawl Event Preview: Lisa Brown: Baby, Be Of Use | This Saturday, October 15, 2011, join The Writers' Block at Bruno's in San Francisco for "Some Girls from the Block," a live reading by five of the podcast's most popular female writers. We pulled this reading by Lisa Brown from the archives to whet your appetite. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael David Lukas: The Oracle of Stamboul | Michael David Lukas reads a passage from THE ORACLE OF STAMBOUL, his debut novel about a young girl who becomes an advisor to the sultan of the Ottoman empire. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alice LaPlante: Turn of Mind | Alice LaPlante reads a passage from TURN OF MIND, her novel about the disintegration of a strong woman's mind and the unhinging of her family. | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Excellent stories & readings
I can't believe no one has written a review for this podcast, it is great! Lots of authors reading from their stories, sometimes short plays, and always interesting topics. The variety is amazing!
Cerebral Stimulation
My #1 favorite - hands down - never disappoints. Recommend highly...M
Wonderful!
A great selection of short fiction read by those who wrote it. Quality writing, nice presentation, all in all, very engrossing.
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