Writer's Voice

Series produced by Francesca Rheannon

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Talk show about writing, writers and the book trade

Writer's Voice is a weekly radio show about writing, writers and the book trade. Join co-hosts Francesca Rheannon and Daisy Mathias on FRIDAYS from 5:30 to 6:30 on WMUA 91.1 FM in Amherst, Massachusetts...and now, we are also re-broadcasting the show on Valley Free Radio at 103.3 FM in Northampton.on Thursdays at 8:00 - 9:00 in the morning.
We feature author interviews and readings, as well as news, commentary and tips related to writing and publishing. We also talk with editors, agents, publicists and others about issues of interest to writers.
Some recent interviews have been with:
Barry Werth, 31 DAYS
Julia Alvarez, SAVING THE WORLD
James Green, DEATH IN THE HAYMARKET
Ann Jones, KABUL IN WINTER
Justin Tussing, THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
Kiran Desai, INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Dr. Ned Hallowell, DELIVERED FROM DISTRACTION
Studs Terkel, AND THEY ALL SANG;
Dr. Andrew Weil, HEALTHY AGING
Marge Piercy, SEX WARS
Jonathan Harr, THE STOLEN PAINTING
Maureen Corrigan, LEAVE ME ALONE, I'M READING
Jonathan Kozol, THE SHAME OF THE NATION
Howard Zinn, VOICES OF A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Robert Parker, SCHOOL DAYS.
Tracy Kidder, MY DETACHMENT
Charles Mann, 1491: NEW REVELATIONS OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS
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Writer's Voice is a weekly radio show about writing, writers and the book trade. Join co-hosts Francesca Rheannon and Daisy Mathias on FRIDAYS from 5:30 to 6:30 on WMUA 91.1 FM in Amherst, Massachusetts...and now, we are also re-broadcasting the show on Valley Free Radio at 103.3 FM in Northampton.on Thursdays at 8:00 - 9:00 in the morning. We feature author interviews and readings, as well as news, commentary and tips related to writing and publishing. We also talk with editors, agents, publicists and others about issues of interest to writers. Some recent interviews have been with: Barry Werth, 31 DAYS Julia Alvarez, SAVING THE WORLD James Green, DEATH IN THE HAYMARKET Ann Jones, KABUL IN WINTER Justin Tussing, THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD Kiran Desai, INHERITANCE OF LOSS Dr. Ned... Show full description


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We talk with Carey Gillam about her page-turning follow-up to Whitewash, The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s S...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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What do the oldest cultures in the world have to teach us about raising happy, well-adjusted children? Michaeleen Doucleff tells us, as she talks a...

  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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We talk with Carl Hart about his book, Drug Use For Grownups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. We also talk with Hari Ziyad about their memoir...

  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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We talk with Julia Fine about her genre-bending novel The Upstairs House. It’s about a new mother’s postpartum depression—and her obsession with th...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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We talk with Eliot Peper about his Cli-Fi novel, Veil. It’s about what happens when a tech CEO decides to geo-engineer the climate—in secret. Then...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:03
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We talk with Simon Winchester about his new book Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. Then we revisit part of our 2020 int...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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We talk with novelist Anna North about her acclaimed new novel, Outlawed. It’s about an alternate reality 1890s Hole in the Wall Gang—this one, run...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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We talk with Suketu Mehta about his powerful book, This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant Manifesto. Then, we speak with researcher Lew Daly about his...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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We talk with Dr. Micah Johnson and Dr. Abdul El Sayed about their book, Medicare For All: A Citizen’s Guide. Then, we remember Norton Juster, the ...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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We talk with Jenny Offill about her acclaimed cli-fi novel, Weather. Then, Ben Ehrenreich tells us about Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End o...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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Renowned ecologist and writer Carl Safina joins us to talk about his new book, BECOMING WILD: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, a...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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We talk with book artist Barry McCallion about book art including his series The Oarsman, which he’s been creating now for fifty years. Then, we re...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 57:52
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We talk with Peter Heller about his terrific new novel, a thriller set on a river above the Arctic Circle. It’s called The River. Then, we re-air ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
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Are you in need of a message of hope about the environment? Here's a hopeful idea: If we just simply let nature take its course, we can restore the...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 35:40
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We talk with filmmaker Deborah Shaffer and film editor Rachel Reichman about Queen Of Hearts, their documentary about the life and work of artist a...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 48:39
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Today, we talk with spy fiction writer Alan Furst about his latest book, Under Occupation. Then we air excerpts from interviews we did with him abo...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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We talk with Richard Louv, author of Last Child In The Woods, about his new book, OUR WILD CALLING: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our L...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
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We talk with Mimi Lemay about her powerful memoir of a family with a transgender child, What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Tran...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
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We talk with social justice scholar Monique Morris about her new book, Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brow...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
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We spend the hour with science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist, Cory Doctorow. First, we talk with him about his terrific new boo...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 59:01