From The Bookshelf Remembers Monica Lewis
This week we listen back to an interview with actress and singer Monica Lewis. She died on June 12 at the age of 93.
Vincent Bugliosi 1934 – 2015
Listen back to our 2007 interview with the late Vincent Bugliosi, the brilliant prosecutor in the Manson Case. Bugliosi discusses his “magnum opus” Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President Kennedy.
Tara Murtha on Bobbie Gentry
Tara Murtha discusses her fine biography of the enigmatic Bobbie Gentry, Ode To Billie Joe.
Historian Jonathan W. Jordan
Jonathan Jordan discusses his new book, American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America To Victory In World War II.
Joan Kramer & David Heeley
Joan Kramer & David Heeley are the people who created those wonderful PBS documentaries about Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Fred Astaire and Spencer Tracy among others. Now they have written a book about their experiences In The Company Of Legend
Tom Santopietro
Tom Santopietro returns to discuss his latest book, The Sound Of Music Story.
Paula Rabinowitz on Paperbacks
Paula Rabinowitz discusses her brilliant new book, American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street.
Cynthia Lennon
Cynthia Lennon died on April 1, 2015 of cancer. She was 75. In 2005 she wrote a memoir of her ten years with John Lennon. This interview with Cynthia Lennon was recorded on Thanksgiving Day, 2005.
Film Historian Jeanine Basinger
The brilliant author, educator and film historian Jeanine Basinger returns to talk about guess what: Movies!
Novelist Hazel Gaynor
Hazel Gaynor, author of two fine historical novels, is this week’s guest.