Bookworm
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<p>Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.</p>
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Publishing Since
1/5/1989
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Recent Episodes
September 20, 2023
Friends of Michael
<p>Longtime friend and editor of Bookworm, Alan Howard, returns to host this episode, the last of 10 shows to journey through Bookworm’s 33 years and offer a retrospective look at Michael’s accomplishments on behalf of writers and readers. For decades Michael has read almost all of a writer’s work, not just the book which has been most recently published. Howard has watched writers glow as they realize that they’ve been seriously witnessed by the ultimate Bookworm. All of the writers on today’s show have become friends of Michael’s and of Bookworm. We’ll hear from rock band Sparks (brothers Ron and Russell Mael), Art Spiegelman, Françoise Mouly, Ann Beattie, Susan Sontag, and Dennis Cooper.</p>
September 13, 2023
Chapter 9: Grief and Loss
<p>Close friend of Michael Silverblatt’s and Bookworm editor for 30 years, Alan Howard guest hosts this episode on grief and loss. When the two met more than 33 years ago, Michael’s first words were, “What are you reading?” It was a question that brought Howard back to literature. Over the years, Michael did the same for thousands of listeners. With Bookworm, he was determined to return literary fiction and poetry to the center of the zeitgeist. In the process, he faced the realities of loss and grief. In conversation after conversation with writers he was forging collegial friendships with, loss itself was a frequent topic of those friendships and conversations. We’ll hear from Marilynne Robinson, Joan Didion, Jim Krusoe, Steve Erickson, Dave Eggers, and Mary Ruefle.</p>
September 8, 2023
Poetry
<p>Poet, author, and co-founder of <a href="https://the-song-cave.com/products/bookworm-conversations-with-michael-silverblatt" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://the-song-cave.com/products/bookworm-conversations-with-michael-silverblatt&source=gmail&ust=1694208220296000&usg=AOvVaw2WuXQ5e3_jd8ucJTvGDc9N" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Song Cave</a>, Alan Felsenthal guest hosts this episode’s focus on poetry. As a close friend and mentee of Michael Silverblatt’s, Felsenthal recalls Michael’s revelation that he had trouble finding his way into poetry until he had several formative experiences, including one he described in 2019 during a Walt Whitman tribute. We’ll hear from that tribute with poet Pattiann Rogers reading Whitman. We’ll also hear from poets John Ashbery, Coral Bracho, Forrest Gander, and Lucille Clifton.</p>
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