Writers On A New England Stage

By NHPR

Part lecture, part intimate conversation, Writers on a New England Stage brings world-class authors to New Hampshire to read from their latest works and talk about themselves, their creative process, ... more

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Writers On A New England Stage episodes:

May 22, 2025 Peter Wolf (2025)
In March 2025, NHPR’s Rick Ganley sat down with legendary J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf to talk about his memoir, Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses.
Told with wry humor and heart-wrenching honesty, Waiting on the Moon offers an intimate look into the lives of artists, writers, actors, and musicians—their creative drives, personal struggles, and the complex ties that bind them.
This conversation was recorded live at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on March 18, 2025.
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51min
December 11, 2024 Ariel Lawhon (2024)
Ariel Lawhon joined us to discuss her novel The Frozen River on November 6, 2024.
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51min
June 26, 2024 Mo Rocca (2024)
Mo Rocca joined us on June 18, 2024 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest, Roctogenarians.
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1h 3min
June 26, 2024 Doris Kearns Goodwin (2024)
Doris Kearns Goodwin joined us on June 5, 2024 to discuss her latest book, An Unfinished Love Story.
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1h 12min
April 03, 2024 Barbara McQuade (2024)
Law professor and MSNBC analyst Barabara McQuade joined us on March 14th, 2024 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss her book Attack From Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.

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1h 1min
October 03, 2023 Heather Cox Richardson (2023)
Heather Cox Richardson joined Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss her book Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America. Best known for her wildly popular newsletter, Letters from an American, in Democracy Awakening Richardson takes on the current state of affairs in American politics and history. This conversation was recorded live on September 29th, 2023.

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1h 3min
September 28, 2023 Chuck Palahniuk (2023)
Palahniuk joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest novel Not Forever, but For Now. The book traces one notorious family of killers, responsible for some of history’s greatest crimes, and tells the story of the two brothers set to take over the family business. This conversation was recorded live on September 12th, 2023. Please note: The reading at the top of the show includes some explicit language.

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1h 17min
August 16, 2023 Colson Whitehead (2023)
Writers on a New England Stage with Colson Whitehead. Whitehead joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest novel, Crook Manifesto, the second in a trilogy that began with Harlem Shuffle. Crook Manifesto takes Whitehead’s main character, furniture salesman and fence Ray Carney, into the tumultuous Harlem of the 1970s. This conversation was recorded live on July 20th, 2023.

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59min
August 16, 2023 Geraldine Brooks (2023)
Writers on a New England Stage with Geraldine Brooks. Brooks joined All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss her latest novel Horse - a story of the legendary racehorse Lexington, the enslaved groom who became his companion, a painting traced through history, and America’s unfinished reckoning with racism. This conversation was recorded live on June 21st, 2023.

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55min
June 08, 2023 John Irving (2022)
Writers on a New England Stage with John Irving, recorded virtually in 2022. This archive program may still contain broadcast elements from the time it aired.
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51min

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