![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Booktown 24 December 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's readers panel--John Deaderick, Cameron Cobden and Alison Jones-Pomatto--about their favorites of the books they read in 2007.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; Booktown; books
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| Booktown 11 December 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Richard Silberg, co-translator with Clare You of Korean poet Ko Un's Three Way Tavern, and with Booktown's Bombay correspondent Siddhartha Lokanandi.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Richard Silberg, Clare You, Ko Un, Three Way Tavern, Bombay, Siddhartha Lokanandi
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| Booktown 22 December 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's Readers Panel about their favorite books of 2008. The Readers and books included: Alison Jones-Pomatto:
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown
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| Booktown 3 September 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's Brooklyn correspondent Erin Rogers about two recently deceased New York City authors, Grace Paley and Sekou Sundiata, and then briefly about her recent reading, Emily Dickinson's poems and letters. He then plays a few short audio clips connected with the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's On the Road.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown, Erin Rogers, Grace Paley, Sekou Sundiata, Emily Dickinson, Jack Kerouac, On the Road
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| Booktown 19 June 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Eric Blehm, author of The Last Season and with Peter Hessler, author of Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present. This is the first on-line only edition of Booktown. It was never aired on KVMR-.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Eric Blehm, The Last Season, Peter Hessler, Oracle bones
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| Booktown 17 July 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Elizabeth Rosner about her new novel Blue Nude and with Storyteller Susan Klein. They are both appearing in Nevada County this week. This is an online edition of Booktown. Parts of it have been aired on other KVMR programs.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 19 February 2007 - Eric Tomb
As part of Booktown's Great Dead Anarchists series, Eric Tomb talks with Barry Pateman about the life and work of American poet, novelist and essayist Paul Goodman. Eric then talks with David Lawler and Leland Pauly, the editors of The Life Story of Bill Meek--Stagecoach Driver. KVMR will broadcast this program on 19 February.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program
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| Booktown 13 November 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's Camptonville correspondent John Deaderick about his reacent reading, especially David Mitchell's Black Swan Green and Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier; with editor Barry Pateman about the work of Edward Carpenter; and with Chris Olander about the Nevada County Poetry Series Giant Open Mic reading, where the NCPS 2006 Anthology will be introduced.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program, books, Booktown, John Deaderick, David Mitchell, Black Swan Green, Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier, Barry Pateman, Edward Carpenter, Chris Olander, Nevada County Poetry Series, NCPS 2006 Anthology
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| Booktown 7 August 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with David Bianculli, TV critic for the New York Daily News and frequent contributor to NPR's Fresh Air, who will be leading several workshops at next week's CSUS Summer Writers' Conference; plays several pieces by Daryl Knight, who will read in the Nevada County Poetry Series' evening of Cowboy Poetry in Grass Valley next week; and talks with Booktown's Brooklyn correspondent Erin Rogers.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 22 January 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Velina Hasu Houston, author of Tea, which the Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS) is now performing in Nevada City, and many other plays; and with Booktown's Brooklyn correspondent Erin Rogers. The books Eric and Erin discussed included Balthasar Gracian's The Art of Worldly Wisdom, Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale, Italo Calvino's Six Memos for the Next Millenium and the work of poets Les Murray and Charles Wright.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program, Books, Booktown, Velina Hasu Houston, Tea, Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra, CATS, Erin Rogers, Baltasar Gracian, Art of Worldly Wisdom, Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale, Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Les Murray, Charles Wright
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| Booktown 24 July 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with actor and author Clint Walker, who will appear this evening at the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City with a presentation of an episode from his classic TV show Cheyenne and his recent novel Yaqui Gold; with outgoing Nevada County Librarian Steve Fjelsted; and with Booktown's Camptonville correspondent John Deaderick. The books Eric and John discuss include * The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (many editions) * Shadowplay by Clare Asquith (Public Affairs) * North American Pinot ...
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Clint Walker, Nevada Theatre, Nevada City, Cheyenne, Yaqui Gold, Steve Fjelsted, John Deaderick, The Good Soldier, ord Madox Ford, Shadowplay, Clare Asquith, North American Pinot Noir, John Winthrop Haeger, evolution of lizards, The Stranger, Albert Camus, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
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| Booktown 25 December 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's readers panel--Alison Jones-Pomato, John Deaderick and Cameron Cobden--about their favorite books of 2006--and some others as well. The books included (favorites preceded by an asterisk): Cameron Cobden *Assasination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (Simon & Schuster) *Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford (Crown) Genghis Khan: The Emperor of All Men by Harold Lamb (McBride) *Disgrace by J M Coetze (Viking) *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Pr...
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program, books, Booktown, Alison Jones-Pomato, John Dederick, Cameron Cobden, Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford, Ghengis Khan, Harold Lamb, Disgrace, J M Coetze, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J K Rowling, A Feast for Crows, George R R Martin
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| Booktown 17 August 2009: Erin Rogers/Siddhartha Lokanandi - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's Brooklyn correspondent Erin Rogers about four books she's reading: Cesar Aira's Ghosts, John Berger's From A to X (with some mentions of Berger's G), Joan Didion's Where I Was From and John Barth's Chimera. He then talks with Booktown's Mumbai correspondent Siddhartha Lokanandi about half a dozen novels by Paul Auster.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown; Erin Rogers; Cesar Aira; Ghosts; John Berger; From A to X; G; Joan Didion; Where I Was From; John Barth; Chimera; Siddhartha Lokanandi; Paul Auster; Oracle Night; The Book of Illusions; The Brooklyn Follies; Man in the Dark; The New York Trilogy; Moon Palace; Smoke
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| Booktown 3 April 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Karen Armstrong about her latest book The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions and with Andrew Wingfield about his novel Hear Him Roar.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 16 April 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Camille Paglia about her new book Break, Blow, Burn.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 2 October 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Nina Jablonski, Head of the Department of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University, about her new book Skin: A Natural History and with Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam about the book he is writing about the origin and development of the Great Books program.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program
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| Booktown 12December 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Robin Wallace, Pam Jessup and Louis Jones about Jane Austen, whose 230th birthday will be this Friday.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 21 July 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with David Carle about his recent book Introduction to Fire in California and with Lisa Margonelli about he book Oil on the Brain, which has recently been released in paperback.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown; David Carle. Introduction to Fire in California; Lisa Margonelli; Oil on the Brain
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| Booktown 10 December 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with University of Manitoba Professor of Psychology Bob Altemeyer about his book The Authoritarians and with Lewis Hyde about the 25th anniversary edition of his book The Gift.
Keywords: KVMR Book Program; Booktown; books; Bob Altemeyer; The Authoritarians; Lewis Hyde; The Gift; Walt Whitman; Ezra Pound
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| Booktown 13 December 2004 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with poet Gary Snyder about his new book Danger on Peaks and an overview of his literary career.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 1 November 2004 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife, and Andrew Sean Greer, author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 21 March 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Tom Bissell, author of God Lives in St Ptersburg, and Abha Dawesar, author of Babyji.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 22 August 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Chris Cleave about his novel Incendiary and with Sands Hall about her book Tools of the Writer's Craft
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 23 January 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with California Poet Laureate Al Young about his life, work and upcoming appearance in Grass Valley and with Bill Pieper about his new novel Gomez
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| Booktown 26 December 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Cameron Cobden, John Deaderick and Alison Jones-Pomatto about their favorite books of 2005.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book program
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| Booktown 7 January 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Linda Colley, author of The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History and Susan Freinkel, author of American Chestnut: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown
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| Booktown 13 Dec 2004 - Gary Snyder
Interview with Gary Snyder about his poetic career and his new book Danger on Peaks
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| Booktown 12 May 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Patrick Symmes, author of The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile and then with George Johnson, author of The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; Booktown; books; Patrick Symmes; The Boys from Dolores; Fidel Castro; Cuba; Cuban Revolution; George Johnson; The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
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| Booktown 4 February 2008 - Eric tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Geraldine Brooks, best known for her book Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women and the 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel March, about her new novel People of the Book; and with Jordan Fisher Smith, whose 2005 book Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra is this year's choice for Nevada County Reads.
Keywords: Booktown; KVMR-FM; books; Geraldine Brooks; Nine Parts of Desire; March; People of the Book; Jordan Fisher Smith; Nature Noir
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| Booktown 7 February 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Jordan Fisher Smith about his new book Nature Noir. (This is a membership drive program with several interruptions to solicit new members.)
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 9 January 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Norman Myers, editor of The New Atlas of Planet Management, then discusses The Average American, whose author Kevin O'Keefe couldn't be reached by phone.
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| Booktown 19 March 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with poet and editor Clayton Eshleman about his bilingual edition of The Complete Poems of Cesar Vallejo and with anthropologist Liza Dalby about East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 20 July 2009 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Flora Drew, the translator of Ma Jian's powerful novel Beijing Coma, which has just come out in paperback; and with Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball about the upcoming Sierra Storytelling Festival.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown; Flora Drew; Ma Jian; Beijing Coma; Patrick Ball; Sierra Storytelling Festival
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| Booktown 26 June 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Roberta (Bobbie) Conner, author of one of the essays in Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes, and with Catherine Bramkamp about her new novel Woman on the Verge of Wyoming.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 11 June 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Jean Pfaelzer, Professor of English, East Asian Studies and American Studies at the University of Delaware, about her recent book Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans; then with the distinguished American novelist James D Houston about his latest novel Bird of Another Heaven.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program
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| Booktown 25 June 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with David R Montgomery, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, about his recent book Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations; then with Nevada County Library Literacy Coordinator Alan Archer.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program
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| Booktown 1 September 008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Brenda Wineapple,who teaches writing at Columbia University and The New School, about her new book White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. He then talks with Diane Dean-Epps, who teaches English at Nevada Union High School, about her new humorous mystery KILL-TV.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown; Brenda Wineapple; White Heat; Emily ickinson; Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Diane Dean-Epps; KILL-TV
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| Booktown 31 March 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Gayle Greene, Professor of English and Women's Studies at Scripps College, about her recent book Insomniac, an impassioned, often angry account of the current state of insomnia research and treatment by a lifelong sufferer. He then talks with local bookseller and author James Van Eaton about his 'epic fantasy' novel Down the Darkening Road.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; Booktown; books; Gayle Greene; Insomniac; James Van Eaton; Down the Darkening Road
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| Booktown 18 August 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Alan Weisman about his book The world Without Us and with Rebecca Solnit about her book Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics, both of which have just come out in paperback.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown; Alan Weisman; The World Without Us; Gaviotas; Rebecca Solnit; Storming the Gates of Paradise; Wanderlust
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| Booktown 12 June 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with University of Victoria law professor Michael M'Gonigle about his new book Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University; and with Nevada County book producers Joan Keyes and Jon Peck about how books are put together these days.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 14 November 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Peter Whitfield about his book of historic maps Cities of the World and then discusses The New Atlas of Planet Management, edited by Norman yers and Jennifer Kent, who were unable to appear on the program.
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| Booktown 16 April 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb speaks with short story master Deborah Eisenberg about her four volumes of stories and especially her recent Twilight of the Superheroes and with California Poet Laureate Al Young.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program
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| Booktown 14 April 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Wen Huang, translator of the Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu's The Corpse Walker: Real-Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up and then with actor, producer and acting teacher Darryl Hickman about his book The Unconscious Actor: Out of Control, In Full Command. Hickman will appear at the Book Seller in Grass Valley at 3 PM on Saturday 19 April.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; Booktown; books; Liao Yiwu; Wen Huang; The Corpse Walker; Darryl Hickman; The Unconscious Actor
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| Booktown 10 July 2006 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Scott Shields, author of Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875-1907 and with Katherine Rodger, author of Breaking Through: Essays, Journals and Travelogues of Edward F Ricketts.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 19 September 2005 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with poet William O'Daly about his translations of Pablo Neruda's six posthumous books, some of which he will read from this week in Grass Valley, and with Danna Hanelin about her new CD of short stories by local authors.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 27 October 2008 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with New Yorker classical music critic Alex Ross about his book The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, which has just been issued in paperback; and with David Peattie, publisher of Whereabouts Press, about their Traveler's Literary Companion series.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown; Alex Ross; The Rest is Noise; David Peattie; Whereabouts Press; Traveler's Literary Companion
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| Booktown 1 October 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Chinese novelist and film-maker Guo Xiaolu about her first novel written in English, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, and with Nevada City lepidopterist Michael C Collins about his recently pyblished book Moth-Catcher: An Evolutionist's Journey Through Canyon and Pass.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program; books; Booktown; Guo Xiaolu; A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers; Michael C Collins: Moth-Catcher; moths
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| Booktown 17 September 2007 - Eric Tomb
Eric Tomb talks with Naomi Klein about her new book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and with novelist Oakley Hall about his life's work and his upcoming appearance at Literature Alive!'s Wordslingers Festival on Sunday 23 September in Grass Valley.
Keywords: KVMR-FM Book Program; Books; Booktown; Naomi Klein; The Shock Doctrine; Oakley Hall; Warlock; Love and Death in California; Wordslingers Festival
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| Booktown 21 August 2006 - Eric Tomb
John Fletcher talks with Thomas Dunham and Desmond Gallagher of the Friends of the Nevada County Libraries and Jan Bailey of Placer County Friends of the Library about their organizations' goals and accomplishments.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program
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| Booktown 4 August 2008 - Eric Tomb/John Fletcher
Eric Tomb talks with Catherine Stifter about the blogging workshops she will be leading at the Sacramento State Summer Writers Conference and John Fletcher talks with Francisco Lovato about his new book Survivor, which describes his father's experiences during the Bataan Death March during world War II.
Keywords: KVMR-FM book program; books; Booktown; Catherine Stifter; Sacramento State Summer Writers Conference; Francisco Lovato; Survivor; Frank Lovato; Bataan Death March
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