Radio Hour: Part Two with Bookworm’s Michael Silverblatt
Since 1989 Michael Silverblatt has hosted the syndicated radio show Bookworm and has interviewed over a thousand writers of literary fiction and poetry.
June 25, 2015
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This week we present the second half of our interview with Michael Silverblatt, the host of KCRW’s nationally syndicated literary show Bookworm. Silverblatt explains his 100-page rule for reading, how old-school writers shared a kind of magician’s code, and how he relates his Jewish grandmother to the novels of Samuel Beckett.
Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin.
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LARB Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. on KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles.