Episode List

Hilary Reyl and Kate Winkler Dawson

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Hilary Reyl and Kate Winkler Dawson
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This week’s guests are novelist Hilary Reyl, author of Kids Like Us and journalist Kate Winkler Dawson, author of Death In The Air: The True Story Of A Serial Killer, The Great London Fog, And The Strangling Of A City.

David Yaffe

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
David Yaffe
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Journalist David Yaffe discusses his new biography, Reckless Daughter: A Portrait Of Joni Mitchell.

Mindy Johnson / Pat Thomas

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Mindy Johnson / Pat Thomas
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This week’s guests are Mindy Johnson, author of Ink & Paint: The Women Of Walt Disney Animation and Pat Thomas, author of Did It! From Yuppie To Yuppy: Jerry Rubin, An American Revolutionary.

Eric Lax

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Eric Lax
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Eric Lax discusses his latest book, Start To Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking.

Harlow Giles Unger Returns

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Harlow Giles Unger Returns
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The brilliant historian Harlow Giles Unger returns to discuss his latest book, First Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee and the Call to Independence.

Ann Moses’ Groovy Life

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Ann Moses’ Groovy Life
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From 1965 to 1972 Ann Moses was a writer and editor for teen idol magazine Tiger Beat. She covered The Monkees to David Cassidy. She tells her story on this week’s From The Bookshelf!

Kent Hartman and Reed Tucker

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Kent Hartman and Reed Tucker
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This week Kent Hartman returns to discuss his Wrecking Crew sequel, Goodnight L.A: The Rise & Fall Of Classic Rock. Then Reed Tucker talks about his great new history of comic books, Slugfest: Inside the Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC.

Scott Eyman

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Scott Eyman
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Film historian Scott Eyman discusses his new book, Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda & James Stewart.

Anthony DeCurtis on Lou Reed

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Anthony DeCurtis on Lou Reed
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Grammy winning music historian Anthony DeCurtis discusses Lou Reed: A Life.

Robert S. Bader on The Marx Brothers

Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Gary Shapiro’s From the Bookshelf
Robert S. Bader on The Marx Brothers
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Robert Bader returns to discuss his brilliant new book, Four Of The Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers On Stage.