Nov 26, 2023
Longtime New Yorker writer and author Susan Orlean joins host Marcia Franklin for a lively chat about her writing style and her work, including hundreds of magazine articles, “The Library Book,” and an upcoming memoir.
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Nov 19, 2023
Known for elevating the “ordinary” with her keen observations, including life in Latino and Arab communities, Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye is the author or editor of more than 30 works of poetry, fiction and essays. Her books include Words Under the Words; Red Suitcase; Fuel; You and Yours; Never...
Nov 12, 2023
Host Marcia Franklin interviews one of the most esteemed writers
of the Vietnam War era, Tim
O’Brien. O’Brien, who served as an infantryman from 1969 to 1970,
wrote a memoir in 1972 called “If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up
and Ship Me Home.” It received excellent reviews, and in 1978,
O’Brien won the...
Nov 5, 2023
Host Marcia Franklin talks in-depth with author Anthony Doerr about his newest book, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” and the Netflix adaptation of “All the Light We Cannot See,” his 2014 novel that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
“Mr. Doerr’s been on Dialogue more times than any other author,” says...
Oct 29, 2023
Marcia Franklin talks with Pulitzer Prize–winning author Stacy Schiff about her work, The Witches. The book examines the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, delving into what precipitated them, and the participants involved. Franklin talks with Schiff about why she wanted to write the book, the challenges involved...