Stephen Usery interviewing Helen Hemphill on Oct. 6, 2008 in the WYPL studios
In the ever-shrinking world of book reviews on air and in print, there is one very refreshing exception. The excellent Book Talk program on WYPL has been expanded from a 30 minute show to a full hour on Saturdays.
More NPR stations should consider picking this program up for their own market area. People who listen to NPR tend to be voracious readers and we miss and mourn the loss of our local literary programs on NPR. Until other NPR markets do pick this up, the rest of us can enjoy the podcasts at: Book Talk.
Stephen Usery is the Producer and hosts/interviews about 40% of the time. The man is so intelligent and thoughtful in preparing for his interviews, that it’s valuable to take the time to hear his visits with authors, especially when you are considering reading a book or want to know more about a book after you’ve read it.
Some of his podcasts you might want to check out include:
David Wroblewski,: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Laurie Notaro - one of the funniest authors on earth
Helen Hemphill’s will be on line in November discussing The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones
M.L. Rose - Linda Weeks will be on-line soon discussing The Road to Eden’s Ridge
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