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Orly Lobel discusses her fascinating book You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment exposed Barbie’s Dark Side. It’s swell!
GARY SHAPIRO’S FROM THE BOOKSHELF
From the Bookshelf is produced with support from radio station KSQD in Santa Cruz California. Host Gary Shapiro brings you interviews with best selling authors of fiction and nonfiction, graphic novelists, actors, photographers, and singer-songwriters discussing their works. Visit us on Facebook! Your comments are welcome. Email us at gary@rattlebrain.com.
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Patricia Bosworth Returns
/RSS FeedPatricia Bosworth reflects on her years as an actress and model, and on her childhood in Aptos, California. Her latest book is The Men In My Life: A Memoir Of Love And Art In 1950s Manhattan.
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Dianne Lake
/RSS FeedAt age 14, Dianne Lake became a member of the Manson Family. She tells her story in Member Of The Family: My Story Of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, And The Darkness That Ended The Sixties.
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Film Historian Mark Harris
/RSS FeedMark Harris returns to discuss his essay on Midnight Cowboy for the Criterion restoration Blu-Ray.
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Geoffrey Mark on Ella
/RSS FeedRadio personality and author Geoffrey Mark discusses his new book, Ella: A Biography Of The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald. Plus a vintage interview with the late big band singer Monica Lewis.
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Guitarist Richard Lloyd
/RSS FeedRichard Lloyd, guitarist for the band Television has written a very unusual and terrific memoir, Everything Is Combustable: Television, CBGB’s and Five Decades of Rock and Roll. Listen to our interview here!
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Laura Thompson on Agatha Christie
/RSS FeedLaura Thompson discusses her brilliant biography, Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life.
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Cullen Murphy
/RSS FeedCullen Murphy, son of Prince Valiant artist John Cullen Murphy, discusses his memoir, Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe.
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Beverly Gray on The Graduate
/RSS FeedBeverly Gray discusses her book Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How THE GRADUATE Became the Touchstone of a Generation
