A Novel Idea

A Novel Idea

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A Novel Idea episodes

  • James Janko and Diane Botnick on A Novel Idea

    Suzanne Lang talks with James Janko, whose remarkable novel is the Wire Walker, the story of a Palestinian Circus Girl, her friendship with a Jewish Israeli Juggler, and the realities of their lives in the current climate.

    Also featured is Diane Botnick with her novel Becoming Sarah, a human story that spans from a birth in Auschwitz in 1942 to the 100th anniversary of the liberation of the camps in 2045. Expansive.

    It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10am, on KRCB, 104.9. Sonoma County’s NPR Station. Streaming and podcasting at KRCB.org. 

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  • Shelley Blanton-Stroud and Marilyn J. Zimmerman on A Novel Idea

     Suzanne Lang talks with author Shelley Blanton-Stroud on the craft of writing and her latest novel, An Unlikely Prospect, set in the San Francisco publishing world near the close of WWII.

    Also featured is Suzanne’s conversation with Marilyn J. Zimmerman on her legal thriller, In Defense of Good Women, centered on the issue of infanticide.

    It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10am PT. Streaming at krcb.org.

    56 min
  • Laurel Munson Boyers and Stanley A. Rice on A Novel Idea

    Suzanne Lang talks with Laurel Munson Boyers on her book Across Yosemite’s Wilderness, a Trailblazing Woman’s Career Protecting the Park’s Backcountry.

    Also featured is Stanley A. Rice about Forgotten Landscapes, How Native Americans Created Pre-Columbian North America and What we Can Learn From It.

    A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10am. Streaming at Krcb.org.

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  • Stephen P. Huyler and Olive Senior on A Novel Idea

    Suzanne Lang talks with artist Stephen P. Huyler, who has traveled India for just about half a century and through photographs and capturing material objects, he highlights the culture of the subcontinent; his memoir is India, a Life.

    Suzanne also talks with Poet Laureate emerita Olive Senior on her recent novel Paradise Once, set in 1513 on the island of Cuba during a Spanish assault on the native Taino people, whose courage and resiliency persist from then to now.

    It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, August 17th, 10am PT. Streaming at krcb.org.

    59 min
  • Tik Maynard and Rossana D’Antonio on A Novel Idea

    At midlife, equestrian Tik Maynard embarks on a life journey when he prepares to compete in “Road to the Horse”, a competition to start an untamed horse  over three days. Tik joins Suzanne Lang on this experience and his memoir Starting in the Middle,  How Horses, Those Who Study Them, and 265 Minutes with One Colt Helped Me find Myself at Midlife.

    Also featured is Suzanne in conversation with Rossana D’Antonio, whose book is 26 Seconds, Grief and Blame in the Aftermath of Losing My Brother in a Plane Crash, part memoir and part exposé on the aviation industry.

    It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third,and fifth Sunday at 10:00am PDT.

    Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org

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  • Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and L. Annette Binder on A Novel Idea

    Suzanne Lang talks with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of  Oprah Book Club read The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois, on her latest book of family, legacy, and being who you are, Misbehaving at the Crossroads, Essays & Writings.

    Child of Earth and Starry Heaven is L. Annette Binder’s meditation on her mother’s passage to death through the labyrinth of Alzheimer’s disease. She cites Greek philosophers, literature, and modern medicine, but ultimately her experience was all about presence. Binder joins Suzanne Lang in conversation.

    It’s A Novel Idea every first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10am PT on KRCB 104.9 FM, streaming at krcb.org.

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  • Emely Rumble and Susan Church-Downer on A Novel Idea

    Literature and reading as healers. Suzanne Lang talks with Bibliotherapist Emely Rumble, LCSW, about this practice and her book Bibliotherapy In The Bronx. Books are a way into who we are.

    Also featured is Susan Church-Downer, former owner of the Santa Rosa restaurant, Gaia’s Garden, who shares her memoir All You Care To Eat, A Novice Buys A Restaurant.

    It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, July 6th at 10:00am PT. Streaming at krcb.org.  

    59 min
  • Mark B. Perry and Beth Hahn on A Novel Idea

    Mid Century LA with Suzanne Lang as she talks with Emmy winning writer & producer Mark B. Perry on his novel depicting the squelching of authenticity and sexual identity by the ever powerful studio system, and Introducing Dexter Gaines, a Novel of Old Hollywood.

    Also featured is Beth Hahn with her novel set literally in the underground of 1947 LA. It's called The City Beneath Her.

    It’s A Novel Idea every 1st, 3rd, abd 5th Sunday at 10am PT. Streaming at krcb.org.

    58 min
  • Gerald Warburg and Larry Tye on A Novel Idea

    The Point Reyes National Seashore remains in the forefront of preservation and controversy. Suzanne Lang talks with Gerald Warburg on his book Saving Point Reyes, How an Epic Conservation Victory  Became a Tipping Point for Environmental Policy Action.

    Also featured is a new conversation with Larry Tye to mark the paperback release of his book, The Jazzmen, How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America.

    It's A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10:00am on krcb.org.  

    59 min
  • Lizzie Wade and Manjula Martin on A Novel Idea

    Suzanne Lang traverses history with journalist Lizzie Wade on her book Apocalypse, How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures, a comprehensive and optimistic look at where we’ve been and where we may be going.

    Also featured is Suzanne’s conversation with Manjula Martin on her book The Last Fire Season, A Personal and Pyronatural History; part memoir, part natural history, her book is a literary inquiry looking at her own experience of life during the west’s expanding wildfire crisis.

    It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, June 1st at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

    59 min

About A Novel Idea

From the publisher's feed

Non-fiction to pulp fiction, host Suzanne M. Lang explores the world of books featuring conversations with writers, academics, and readers. We all have a story to tell. It’s A Novel Idea.