February 13, 2025
Tom Robbins (1932-2025), quirky novelist of the hippie generation, author of Another Roadside Attraction and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, recorded May 15, 2000. Hosts: Richard Wolinsky/Richard A Lupoff. Complete Interview.
Margot Livesey, literary and psychological thriller writer, author of The Road from Belhaven, now out in trade paperback. Complete Interview.
China Mieville, science fiction author, discusses his novels Perdido Street Station and The Scar. Recorded September 1, 2002. Complete Interview
Eddie Mueller, noir expert, discusses the restored 1951 film, Native Son, starring Richard Wright, along with other examples of international noir. Complete Interview.
Lance Gardner, Executive Artistic Director, Marin Theatre. Recorded January 23, 2025.
Mickey Spillane, noir novelist, author of Kiss Me Deadly and I, The Jury. Recorded 2003. Interviewer: Richard A. Lupoff, introduced by Richard Wolinsky & Richard A. Lupoff. Remastered and edited, January 2025,
Susanna Clarke, fantasy author, discussing her now classic novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, recorded September 12, 2005. Complete Interview.
Dawn Porter, documentary filmmaker, discussing The Lady Bird Diaries and Deadlocked: How America Shaped The Supreme Court, recorded September 11, 2023.
Theatre Review: Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, at TheatreWorks Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts through February 9, 2025.
Vernor Vinge (1944-2024), Science Fiction novelist and five-time Hugo Award winning author, who died March 20, 2024, recorded May 7, 1992 while on tour for his novel, A Fire Upon The Deep. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Complete Interview.
Margaret Atwood, award winning novelist, essayist and social critic, recorded June 10, 2003 while on tour for her novel Oryx and Crake. Complete Interview.
Theatre Review: Some Like It Hot, at BroadwaySF Orpheum Theatre through January 26, 2025.
Masters of Detective Fiction
Walter Mosley, recorded June 23, 1996 while on tour for his Easy Rawlins novel, A Little Yellow Dog, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Complete Interview
Tony Hillerman (1925-2008) recorded January 30, 1997 while on tour for his Leaphorn/Chee novel, The Fallen Man. Interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Complete Interview
Terry Bisson (1942-2024) Science fiction and fantasy author and political activist, who died January 10, 2024. Recorded January 2, 2013 following the paperback reprint of his novel,
Roger Ebert (1942-2013) Legendary film critic and reviewer, recorded March 3, 2005 while on tour for The Great Movies II. Complete Interview.
