A Novel Idea

Emerging from the economic consulting and the tech sector, Jaime B. Hansen aims to inspire and empower women through videos, speaking and speaking out; her latest book is Expanding the Conversation.Also, born in the USA but as a baby but sent back to El Salvador when his mother was deported, Rand Ertll has spent a lifetime in activism. He eventually made it back to this country and grew up in South Central Los Angeles during the racially tense time of the 1980s. Randy discovered that education was a route out of poverty and violence, and he has emerged as a social justice advocate and activist, and the author of four non-fiction books along with the remarkable fiction, The Lives and Times of El Cipitio.

Emerging from the economic consulting and the tech sector, Jaime B. Hansen aims to inspire and empower women through videos, speaking and speaking out; her latest book is Expanding the Conversation.Also, born in the USA but as a baby but sent back to El Salvador when his mother was deported, Rand Ertll has spent a lifetime in activism. He eventually made it back to this country and grew up in South Central Los Angeles during the racially tense time of the 1980s. Randy discovered that education was a route out of poverty and violence, and he has emerged as a social justice advocate and activist, and the author of four non-fiction books along with the remarkable fiction, The Lives and Times of El Cipitio.

History, culture, and strong women are at the core of the two novels: The History Makers by Val Bodurtha and The Ballet Lover by Barbara Baer. You’ll want to remember these two authors.

Val Bodurtha’s first novel, The History Makers, is chilling, funny, and a smart coming of age story which imagines a contemporary Aztec civilization, as if the Aztecs had prevailed over the Spanish.

Barbara Baer’s recent book, The Ballet Lover, is set in the 1970’s ballet world, with Soviet defectors, and a searing event that has Rudolph Nureyev letting Natalia Makarova fall to the floor.

History, culture, and strong women are at the core of the two novels: The History Makers by Val Bodurtha and The Ballet Lover by Barbara Baer. You’ll want to remember these two authors.

Val Bodurtha’s first novel, The History Makers, is chilling, funny, and a smart coming of age story which imagines a contemporary Aztec civilization, as if the Aztecs had prevailed over the Spanish.

Barbara Baer’s recent book, The Ballet Lover, is set in the 1970’s ballet world, with Soviet defectors, and a searing event that has Rudolph Nureyev letting Natalia Makarova fall to the floor.

Featured on KRCB’s A Novel Idea, two novelists whose books hit big this year.

Fierce Kingdom is a thriller of a book by Gin Phillips, which takes place over the course of three hours in a zoo that is under attack by gunmen, and where a woman and her young son are trapped; ultimately this is a story of motherhood.

Rachel Khong’s novel Goodbye, Vitamin defies literary convention in its wit and lightness to bring us into the inner life of a 30 year old woman who has just been dumped by her boyfriend and is visiting her family, where her father has Alzheimer’s.

Featured on KRCB’s A Novel Idea, two novelists whose books hit big this year.

Fierce Kingdom is a thriller of a book by Gin Phillips, which takes place over the course of three hours in a zoo that is under attack by gunmen, and where a woman and her young son are trapped; ultimately this is a story of motherhood.

Rachel Khong’s novel Goodbye, Vitamin defies literary convention in its wit and lightness to bring us into the inner life of a 30 year old woman who has just been dumped by her boyfriend and is visiting her family, where her father has Alzheimer’s.

This episode of KRCB’s A Novel Idea features Suzanne Lang in conversation with Kermit Roosevelt on his latest novel, Allegiance, an historical fiction set in the Supreme Court during WWII, with the Japanese internment presenting moral issues that resonate today.

Suzanne also speaks with Larry Hendricks, musician and retired Oakland firefighter on the non-profit organization Oakland Firefighters Random Acts and the work they’re doing in the wake of the Valley and Butte Fires in Northern California.

Host: Suzanne Lang

This episode of KRCB’s A Novel Idea features Suzanne Lang in conversation with Kermit Roosevelt on his latest novel, Allegiance, an historical fiction set in the Supreme Court during WWII, with the Japanese internment presenting moral issues that resonate today.

Suzanne also speaks with Larry Hendricks, musician and retired Oakland firefighter on the non-profit organization Oakland Firefighters Random Acts and the work they’re doing in the wake of the Valley and Butte Fires in Northern California.

Host: Suzanne Lang

This episode of KRCB’s A Novel Idea is an “encore” presentation of a favorite broadcast, originally broadcast in 2010, featuring Andre Codrescu and hosted by Monte Rio sage, Pat Nolan; it’s a tribute to Jeffrey Miller, who died tragically before he reached his full expression as an artist.

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Host: Suzanne Lang

This episode of KRCB’s A Novel Idea is an “encore” presentation of a favorite broadcast, originally broadcast in 2010, featuring Andre Codrescu and hosted by Monte Rio sage, Pat Nolan; it’s a tribute to Jeffrey Miller, who died tragically before he reached his full expression as an artist.

(Repeat)

Host: Suzanne Lang