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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  • Marc Eliot on Eastwood

    Marc Eliot on Eastwood
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Marc Eliot on Eastwood
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    Controversial biographer Marc Eliot ( Phil Ochs: Death Of A Rebel, Walt Disney :Hollywood’s Dark Prince, etc.) discusses the body of his work and his latest book on Eastwood.

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  • Thomas Cobb Author of Crazy Heart

    Thomas Cobb Author of Crazy Heart
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Thomas Cobb Author of Crazy Heart
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    One of the year’s best films is Crazy Heart, filmed in the startling 2D process and staring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gylenhaal.  The movie is based on a 1987 novel by this week’s guest Thomas Cobb . His latest novel is the western Shavetail.

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  • Cranioklepty

    Cranioklepty
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Cranioklepty
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    The fascinating and gruesome (and sort of funny) story of quest to own the skulls of the famous on this week’s From the Bookshelf.

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  • Morris Dickstein’s Cultural History of The Great Depression

    Morris Dickstein’s Cultural History of The Great Depression
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Morris Dickstein’s Cultural History of The Great Depression
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    Morris Dickstein discusses his new book Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of The Great Depression. It’s not depressing!

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  • Donald Spoto on Grace Kelly

    Donald Spoto on Grace Kelly
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Donald Spoto on Grace Kelly
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    Donald Spoto returns to discuss his latest book, a biography of Princess Grace: High Society The Life Of Grace Kelly.

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  • Alanna Nash on Elvis & His Women

    Alanna Nash on Elvis & His Women
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Alanna Nash on Elvis & His Women
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    Alanna Nash offers us the female point of view on Elvis Presley in her latest book on the King. Shapiro and nash talk Elvis on this week’s From the Bookshelf!

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  • David Bianculli on The Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour

    David Bianculli on The Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    David Bianculli on The Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour
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    Television historian David Bianculli, founder of TV Worth Watching, drops by to discuss his great new book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

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  • Kate Evans’ Complimentary Colors

    Kate Evans’ Complimentary Colors
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Kate Evans’ Complimentary Colors
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    Novelist and poet Kate Evans joins Gary Shapiro in the KUSP studio to discuss her second novel, Complementary Colors.

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  • David Sax on The Vanishing Deli

    David Sax on The Vanishing Deli
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    David Sax on The Vanishing Deli
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    Get ready to get really hungry as you listen to David Sax telling us about great delicatessen food, and the great vanishing Jewish deli!

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  • Norman Stone on WWI

    Norman Stone on WWI
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Norman Stone on WWI
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    Historian Norman Stone talks with Gary Shapiro about his short history of World War One.

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