From the Bookshelf

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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  • Anthony Rudel on the Origins of Radio

    Anthony Rudel on the Origins of Radio
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
    Anthony Rudel on the Origins of Radio
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    Anthony Rudel discusses his informative little book on the history of radio.

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  • Animation Historian Jerry Beck

    Animation Historian Jerry Beck
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Jerry Beck returns to discuss the latest DVD cartoon sets that he has curated, as well as a host of lovely new publications he has written.

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  • Steven Rinella Returns

    Steven Rinella Returns
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    Our friend Steven Rinella returns to From the Bookshelf to discuss his latest book American Buffalo. Entertainment Weekly says of this book, “ The story of our country, Rinella shows, is inextricably intertwined with the story of this animal. A–”

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  • Alphabet Juice from Roy Blount Jr.

    Alphabet Juice from Roy Blount Jr.
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Humorist Roy Blount Jr. joins us this week to discuss his new book and other stuff. It’s fun! Check out Roy’s website www.royblountjr.com

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  • Stefan Kanfer on Marlon Brando

    Stefan Kanfer on Marlon Brando
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    Stefan Kanfer’s biography Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando is the topic this week.

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  • Philip Norman on John Lennon

    Philip Norman on John Lennon
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    Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
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    Philip Norman, whose Beatles biography SHOUT! is a classic, joins Gary to discuss his new book on John Lennon.

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  • Spoto on Hitchcock

    Spoto on Hitchcock
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    Donald Spoto returns to the life of the master of suspense for the third time. His new book, Spellbound By Beauty is his acclaimed new look at Alfred Hitchcock’s obsessions.

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  • Patty’s Got A Gun

    Patty’s Got A Gun
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    William Graebner examines the Patty Hearst case. Gary asks about Steven Weed’s moustache.

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  • Simon Baatz on Leopold and Loeb

    Simon Baatz on Leopold and Loeb
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    Simon Baatz sheds new light on the bizarre case of Leopold and Loeb on this week’s From the Bookshelf.

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  • Diana Spechler’s Who By Fire

    Diana Spechler’s Who By Fire
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    Diana Spechler returns to From the Bookshelf to discuss her impressive debut novel, Who By Fire .

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