Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast

About Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast

The Middle Chamber Books and Music podcast series supplements our Middle Chamber Book Store by featuring interviews with authors and creative professionals, and performances of their music. You can also buy their books and CDs or MP3 downloads through our store.

Publisher

Steve Lubetkin

Category

arts · arts · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Dec 2005

Latest episode

8 Jul 2020

Latest episodes

2 of 53 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Jul 2020

   Rabbi Phil Cohen, author of “Nick Bones Underground,” National Jewish Book Award finalist, visits Middle Chamber Books and Music podcast

   (https://lubetkin.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SOM20191122Banner.jpg) Rabbi Phil Cohen, author of Nick Bones Underground (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1633939200/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1633939200&linkCode=as2&tag=stevenllubetkco&linkId=9ea50af941bfe5a15cd4f214bf64b48f) (affiliate link), a “a thought-provoking wild ride through a dystopian New York City,” is the guest on this episode of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast. Cohen’s book was named a finalist in the 2019 National Jewish Book Awards in the Debut Novel category. Nick Bones Underground, the first of a planned trilogy, takes the reader on a fast-paced journey filled with colorful and eccentric characters both human and artificial. Nick Bones Underground is available at Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1633939200/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1633939200&linkCode=as2&tag=stevenllubetkco&linkId=9ea50af941bfe5a15cd4f214bf64b48f) and barnesandnoble.com (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nick-bones-underground-phil-m-cohen/1133726890).  For more information visit philmcohen.com (http://www.philmcohen.com/). About the Guest (https://lubetkin.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CohenPhilSquared.jpg)Rabbi Phil Cohen, Ph.D., received his ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City.  He earned a Ph.D. in Jewish thought from Brandeis University, and Master of Fine Arts degree from Spalding University in Louisville. Rabbi Cohen is married to Betsy Gamburg and is Elly’s, and Talia’s father, and Ava Ruth’s saba. He is a strong advocate of Israel, loves theology, Bible, Jewish History, exploring interfaith relations, and reading and writing fiction. Rabbi Cohen resides in Greensboro, NC, with Betsy and Maggy, their rescued greyhound, and travels regularly to Albany, GA, where he serves as rabbi for Temple B’nai Israel (https://tbialbanyga.org/).

2. 

   20 May 2019

   Joan Mellen, Temple University professor emeritus, author of “Blood in the Water” about USS Liberty

   Our guest on this edition of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast is Joan Mellen, professor emeritus of literature and creative writing at Temple University. Joan is author of Blood in the Water: How the US and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079WLV7HT/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B079WLV7HT&linkCode=as2&tag=stevenllubetkco&linkId=0aa0c7d57bf92aadd0791e254871cea6) about how the US government and Israel concealed the true nature of what was described as an accidental attack on the USS Liberty, an electronic surveillance ship, off the coast of Egypt at the start of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. You can purchase a copy of Joan’s book through Amazon (affiliate link). About the Guest (https://lubetkin.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Joan_Mellen.jpg)JOAN MELLEN is a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. She is the author of twenty-four books, ranging from film criticism to fiction, sports, true crime, Latin American studies and biography. Her early work was about the cinema. Her “Women and Their Sexuality in the New Film” published in 1974, was a landmark work in feminist studies. Larry McMurtry pronounced it “brilliant” in his “Washington Post” review. Her study of the image of women in film was followed by the companion study, “Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in the American Cinema.” Her book about “The Battle of Algiers,” written in 1972, has been quoted widely in connection with the events of 9/11. In 1972, she was awarded a prize by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper organization in Japan. This led her to write five books about Japan, including “The Waves at Genji’s Door: Japan through Its Cinema,” 1976. Her 1981 novel, “Natural Tendencies,” is set in Japan. More recently, she has written two books about Japanese film for the British Film Institute, “Seven Samurai” (2002) and “In the Realm of the Senses” (2004). She is also a biographer. Both “Kay Boyle: Author of Herself” (1994) and “Hellman and Hammett” (1996) were “New York Times” Notable Books of the year. “Hellman and Hammett” was also a finalist for the “Los Angeles Times” book prize. She has written for a variety of publications such as the “New York Times,” the “Los Angeles Times,” and the “Philadelphia Inquirer, including the “Baltimore Sun” where she is a frequent contributor. She has also lectured widely at universities and festivals, including, twice at the Harbourfront International Festival of Authors and, most recently, during the summer of 2005 at the Shaw festival in Niagara-On-The-Lake. In 2004, she was awarded one of Temple University’s coveted “Great Teacher” awards for outstanding achievement, in particular in the graduate program in creative writing. Joan Mellen lives in Pennington, New Jersey.

3. 

   25 Aug 2017

   Trains and railroad stories with author Terry Beck, on the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast

   On this edition of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast, we chat with Texas-based author Terry Beck, whose book, A Train of Thoughts: Forty Years Workin’ on the Railroad (http://amzn.to/2wc57Tw), is a collection of stories based on Terry’s 40 years of experience working the Santa Fe Railroad. You can learn more about Terry’s writing on his Facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pg/TerryBeckWords/about/?ref=page_internal) He also blogs (http://terrybeckblog.blogspot.com/)and you can follow him on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/TerryBeckTX). Buy Terry’s book here (http://amzn.to/2wc57Tw).

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