Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

Recorded On: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Junot Díaz reads from his 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.  The Pulitzer Prize winning author appeared as part of the annual CITYLIT FESTIVAL, Celebrating the Literary Arts in Baltimore!

Explicit language advisory!

Recorded On: Saturday, April 18, 2009

In this collection of stories, poems and essays edited by Marita Golden, African American writers celebrate the complexity, power, danger, and glory of love in all its many forms. Two of the writers featured in the collection -- Reginald Dwayne Betts and Felicia Pride -- will join Marita Golden for this reading.

Marita Golden is the founder of the Hurston-Wright Foundation and the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning novel After.

Recorded On: Sunday, March 29, 2009

Two new novels by Achy Obejas (Ruins) and Robert Arellano (Havana Lunar) are set in Cuba.

In Ruins, a true believer is faced with a choice between love for his family and the Cuban Revolution. Obejas is the author of the novel Days of Awe; she translated into Spanish Junot Diaz' award-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. She is currently Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago.

In Robert Arellano's hypnotic noir novel, a young doctor, the teenage prostitute he befriends, and her pimp and his bodyguards are caught in a violent chain reaction that plunges them into the catacombs of Havana's criminal underworld. Robert Arellano is the author of two other novels, Fast Eddie: King of the Bees and Don Dimaio of La Plata.

Recorded On: Monday, March 23, 2009

Walt Whitman worked as a nurse with wounded Civil War soldiers; his brother George served with the 51st New York Volunteers. Drawing on letters that Walt, George, their mother Louisa, and their other brothers wrote to each other, Robert Roper chronicles the experiences of this famous family enduring its long crisis alongside the anguish of the nation.

Robert Roper is a professor at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches writing. He is the author of several award-winning works of fiction and nonfiction, including Fatal Mountaineer.

Recorded On: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Peter Schechter reads from his new book, Pipeline: A Novel of Suspense.

Pipeline is a riveting international thriller of oil, greed, and power. Three strangers from Washington, Frankfurt, and Lima are thrown together in a maelstrom of danger and intrigue, with the fate of America and the world resting in their hands.

Peter Schechter's first novel, Point of Entry, was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as a "frighteningly believable look at a possible near-future scenario." Schechter is a seasoned political and communications consultant based in Washington, DC.

Recorded On: Thursday, March 12, 2009

In 1973 when the Boston Red Sox played the Orioles in Memorial Stadium, Don Newbery recorded his conversations with Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski.  They talked about Carl, and his opinion concerning Youth Hitting.  Yastrzemski is now a guest in the Orioles' series of Baseball Verbal Clinics recorded by Don Newbery.

In 1973 when the Boston Red Sox played the Orioles in Memorial Stadium, Don Newbery recorded his conversations with Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski.  They talked about Carl, and his opinion concerning Youth Hitting.  Yastrzemski is now a guest in the Orioles' series of Baseball Verbal Clinics recorded by Don Newbery.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..

Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..

Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.