A Novel Idea

A Novel Idea

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A Novel Idea episodes

  • Sheri T. Joseph and Barbara L. Baer on
    Sheri T. Joseph joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her award winning novel, Edge of the Known World, set in the near future where geopolitics only vaguely resembles our own, and blood, DNA, and family loyalties challenge the global power structures. Barbara L Baer talks with Suzanne on her latest novel, Masha and Alejandro Crossing Borders, which follows the plight of an immigrant family who move to Trinity County California, looking for a more affordable life and encountering a segment of America they hadn’t anticipated. A Novel Idea with Suzanne M. Lang.
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  • Sheri T. Joseph and Barbara L. Baer on A Novel Idea

    Sheri T. Joseph joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her award winning novel, Edge of the Known World, set in the near future where geopolitics only vaguely resembles our own, and blood, DNA, and family loyalties challenge the global power structures.

     

    Barbara L Baer talks with Suzanne on her latest novel, Masha and Alejandro Crossing Borders, which follows the plight of an immigrant family who move to Trinity County California, looking for a more affordable life and encountering a segment of America they hadn’t anticipated.

    A Novel Idea with Suzanne M. Lang.

     

    59 min
  • Iris Jamal Dunkle on
    Voices of writers, voices of creative, accomplished women have gotten lost in the fog of other people’s fame, and mostly by the conventions and male-centric perspective that permeated the 20 th century literary scene in America. Iris Jamal Dunkle intends to change that and joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her current biography, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, and her previous book, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .
    59 min
  • Iris Jamal Dunkle on
    Voices of writers, voices of creative, accomplished women have gotten lost in the fog of other people’s fame, and mostly by the conventions and male-centric perspective that permeated the 20 th century literary scene in America. Iris Jamal Dunkle intends to change that and joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her current biography, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, and her previous book, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .
    59 min
  • Iris Jamal Dunkle on A Novel Idea
    Voices of writers, voices of creative, accomplished women have gotten lost in the fog of other people’s fame, and mostly by the conventions and male-centric perspective that permeated the 20th century literary scene in America. Iris Jamal Dunkle intends to change that and joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her current biography, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, and her previous book, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer. It’s A Novel Idea. 
    Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.
     
     
    59 min
  • Matthew Ferrence and Amanda Jones on
    S uzanne Lang talks with Matthew Ferrence, who ran for the Pennsylvania State Legislature (and lost) in a gerrymandered red area that is deemed “un-winnable” by Democrats. He tells his story in I Hate it Here, Please Vote for Me: Essays on Rural Political Decay . Also featured is Suzanne’s conversation with award winning librarian and free speech advocate Amanda Jones, who has been the target of a nasty campaign of harassment from the far right in her home state of Louisiana. Her memoir is That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America. It’s A Novel Idea on KRCB FM 104.9. streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .
    58 min
  • Matthew Ferrence and Amanda Jones on
    S uzanne Lang talks with Matthew Ferrence, who ran for the Pennsylvania State Legislature (and lost) in a gerrymandered red area that is deemed “un-winnable” by Democrats. He tells his story in I Hate it Here, Please Vote for Me: Essays on Rural Political Decay . Also featured is Suzanne’s conversation with award winning librarian and free speech advocate Amanda Jones, who has been the target of a nasty campaign of harassment from the far right in her home state of Louisiana. Her memoir is That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America. It’s A Novel Idea on KRCB FM 104.9. streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .
    58 min
  • Matthew Ferrence and Amanda Jones on A Novel Idea

     

    Suzanne Lang talks with Matthew Ferrence, who ran for the Pennsylvania State Legislature (and lost) in a gerrymandered red area that is deemed “un-winnable” by Democrats. He tells his story in I Hate it Here, Please Vote for Me: Essays on Rural Political Decay.

     

     

    Also featured is Suzanne’s conversation with award winning librarian and free speech advocate Amanda Jones, who has been the target of a nasty campaign of harassment from the far right in her home state of Louisiana. Her memoir is That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.

     

     

     

    It’s A Novel Idea on KRCB FM 104.9. streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

    58 min
  • Jillian Haslam and Andrei Codrescu on
    Suzanne Lang talks with philanthropist, motivational speaker, and author Jillian Haslam on her memoir A Voice Out of Poverty. Haslam grew up in India amongst the poorest of the poor, for a time living with her family under a cement stairwell; she miraculously emerged to work in international banking and has founded educational and vocational organizations to give a hand up to those who still struggle. Also featured is long time NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu, musing on his life and past and the state of the world. It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, September 29 th at 10am PT on KRCB FM 104.9, streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .
    59 min
  • Jillian Haslam and Andrei Codrescu on
    Suzanne Lang talks with philanthropist, motivational speaker, and author Jillian Haslam on her memoir A Voice Out of Poverty. Haslam grew up in India amongst the poorest of the poor, for a time living with her family under a cement stairwell; she miraculously emerged to work in international banking and has founded educational and vocational organizations to give a hand up to those who still struggle. Also featured is long time NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu, musing on his life and past and the state of the world. It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, September 29 th at 10am PT on KRCB FM 104.9, streaming and podcasting at krcb.org .
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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.