KPFA - Radio Wolinsky

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May 01, 2017 Peter Brook
Peter Brook, visionary director, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Peter Brook is one of the greatest theatrical directors of the twentieth century. Artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company for twenty years from 1962-1982, he transformed how the English speaking world looked at the plays of William Shakespeare. He is perhaps best known, during those years, for his production of "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade," also known as "Marat/Sade," which later became a film and turned Glenda Jackson into an international star. His other films include "Lord of the Flies," "Meetings with Remarkable Men" and a version of "King Lear" starring Paul Scofield.
His 1985 nine-hour adaptation of the Indian epic Mahabharata is probably his masterpiece. Now, at the age of 92, he and his collaborator Marie Helene Estienne have gone back to the Mahabharata with a short theatrical piece, "Battlefield," which is playing at ACT’s Geary Theater through May 21st. This interview was recorded on April 24, 2017 in a rehearsal studio in the ACT offices in San Francisco.
American Conservatory website [1]
Peter Brook Wikipedia page [2]
[1] http://www.act-sf.org/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brook
33 min
April 25, 2017 Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin, whose latest novel is “Rather Be The Devil,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Ian Rankin has carved a name for himself as the premier Scottish writer of noir fiction. His series detective, John Rebus, has appeared in most of his over 25 books. Focusing on police procedure in Edinburgh, these books capture Scotland, his people and politics, in a way that few others have.
In this wide-ranging interview, Ian Rankin talks about his process of writing, the emergence of Rebus and other characters, his thoughts about fiction in the age of Brexit and other topics.

Ian Rankin website
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52 min
April 25, 2017 Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin, whose latest novel is "Rather Be The Devil," in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Ian Rankin has carved a name for himself as the premier Scottish writer of noir fiction. His series detective, John Rebus, has appeared in most of his over 25 books. Focusing on police procedure in Edinburgh, these books capture Scotland, his people and politics, in a way that few others have.
In this wide-ranging interview, Ian Rankin talks about his process of writing, the emergence of Rebus and other characters, his thoughts about fiction in the age of Brexit and other topics.

Ian Rankin website [1]
[1] https://www.ianrankin.net/
52 min
April 12, 2017 Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini, whose latest novel is “The Violated,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Bill Pronzini has written over eighty books, including several in the Nameless Detective series of noir novels, as well as many stand-alone novels, short story collections and anthologies. His most recent novel, “The Violated” is the story of how a series of rapes affects a small Northern California city. His next Nameless Detective novel, “End Game,” comes out in June 2017. He is also the author of several solo and collaborative detective novels set in the old West and featuring a character named Quincannon, and science fiction novels and short stories co-authored with Barry Malzberg. Bill Pronzini is also the author of three books in the “Gun in Cheek” series, which examines writing so bad it’s good — what he calls “alternative classics.”
In this career-spanning interview, Bill Pronzini discusses his two 2017 novels as well as his history as a working writer.
Back in the 1980s, Bill Pronzini occasionally served as guest co-interviewer and reviewer on KPFA’s
“Probabilities” radio program. He is married to the noted mystery author Marcia Muller, with whom he has sometimes collaborated. A shorter version of this interview was heard on KPFA’s Bookwaves program.
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35 min
April 12, 2017 Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini, whose latest novel is "The Violated," in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Bill Pronzini has written over eighty books, including several in the Nameless Detective series of noir novels, as well as many stand-alone novels, short story collections and anthologies. His most recent novel, "The Violated" is the story of how a series of rapes affects a small Northern California city. His next Nameless Detective novel, "End Game," comes out in June 2017. He is also the author of several solo and collaborative detective novels set in the old West and featuring a character named Quincannon, and science fiction novels and short stories co-authored with Barry Malzberg. Bill Pronzini is also the author of three books in the "Gun in Cheek" series, which examines writing so bad it's good -- what he calls "alternative classics."
In this career-spanning interview, Bill Pronzini discusses his two 2017 novels as well as his history as a working writer.
Back in the 1980s, Bill Pronzini occasionally served as guest co-interviewer and reviewer on KPFA's
"Probabilities" radio program. He is married to the noted mystery author Marcia Muller, with whom he has sometimes collaborated. A shorter version of this interview was heard on KPFA's Bookwaves program.
35 min
April 01, 2017 Paul Auster: 4 3 2 1
Paul Auster, whose latest novel is “4 3 2 1” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
The author of several novels, screenplays, books of poetry and film director, Paul Auster’s latest novel is an epic 850 page story of how circumstance changes us. Archie Ferguson takes four different directions in this novel: in one his family has become rich, in another they’re poor, in a third he loses his father in a fire, and in a fourth he remains middle class. With the same genes, each Archie grows up differently. Born in New Jersey in 1947 (as is Paul Auster), Archie is precocious, a writer … the book shows how different developments lead to different outcomes: whether you go left, right, or straight ahead, something might happen that will change your life. In the interview, Paul Auster also talks about his film-making career and about how his life relates to this novel.
A shorter version of this interview airs on Bookwaves.
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38 min
April 01, 2017 Paul Auster: 4 3 2 1
Paul Auster, whose latest novel is "4 3 2 1" in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
The author of several novels, screenplays, books of poetry and film director, Paul Auster's latest novel is an epic 850 page story of how circumstance changes us. Archie Ferguson takes four different directions in this novel: in one his family has become rich, in another they're poor, in a third he loses his father in a fire, and in a fourth he remains middle class. With the same genes, each Archie grows up differently. Born in New Jersey in 1947 (as is Paul Auster), Archie is precocious, a writer ... the book shows how different developments lead to different outcomes: whether you go left, right, or straight ahead, something might happen that will change your life. In the interview, Paul Auster also talks about his film-making career and about how his life relates to this novel.
A shorter version of this interview airs on Bookwaves.
38 min
March 28, 2017 Otessa Moshfegh: Homesick for Another World
Otessa Moshfegh, whose short story collection, “Homesick for Another World,” has just been published, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.
The author of the highly acclaimed novel, “Eileen,” recently out in trade paperback, Otessa Moshfegh is the daughter of an Iranian father and Croatian mother, both forced out of Iran following the 1979 revolution. Her stories are filled with dark humor, focusing on how we feel about our bodies and our lives in this physical universe. Her vision is very idiosyncratic, and she’s regarded as one of our up and coming authors.
A shorter version of this interview aired on Bookwaves.
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38 min
March 28, 2017 Otessa Moshfegh: Homesick for Another World
Otessa Moshfegh, whose short story collection, “Homesick for Another World,” has just been published, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.
The author of the highly acclaimed novel, “Eileen,” recently out in trade paperback, Otessa Moshfegh is the daughter of an Iranian father and Croatian mother, both forced out of Iran following the 1979 revolution. Her stories are filled with dark humor, focusing on how we feel about our bodies and our lives in this physical universe. Her vision is very idiosyncratic, and she’s regarded as one of our up and coming authors.
A shorter version of this interview aired on Bookwaves.
38 min
March 23, 2017 Steven Bach (1938-2009) on Leni Riefenstahl and Nazi propaganda
Steven Bach (1938-2009) author of the biography "Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl", interviewed in 2007 by Richard Wolinsky. The play "Leni" by Sarah Greenman plays at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley through May 7, 2017.
Leni Riefenstahl was the film maker behind the Nazi propaganda films Triumph of the Will and Olympia. Reifenstahl, who died in 2003 at the age of a hundred and one, to the end of her life denied her work was political, that she was an artist.
Stephen Bach, who died at the age of 70 in 2009, had been a studio executive and began writing books with "Final Cut", his memoir about the making of the film Heaven’s Gate. He followed that with a biography of the playwright Moss Hart, and then a biography of actress Marlene Dietrich, which as he says, led him to Leni Riefenstahl. The interview was recorded in the KPFA studios on May 7, 2007. Guardian Obituary. [1]
In an interview perhaps more timely than the year it was recorded, Bach compares Reifenstahl's work to right-wing propaganda in America, and the use of the Hitler playbook. What's scary is that he could have been describing the Trump campaign and administration.
A shorter version of this interview aired on KPFA's Arts-Waves program.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/obituary-steven-bach
45 min

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