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Journalist and host of NPR's All Things Considered, Michele Norris, talks with tonic's Josh James about her "accidental memoir," The Grace of Silence.
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Essayist, translator, lexicographer, commentator - he has many titles. In this interview with
tonic's Greg Davis,
Ilan Stavans
discusses his latest, Resurrecting Hebrew.
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That's the question author Michael Dowd
wants to answer in Thank God for Evolution, a
new take on the religion/science debate. |
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Hear his interview with tonic's Josh James.
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Interviewed by Publishers Weekly and The Romantic Times for her expertise on Romantic Fiction, Lexington's own love guru
Gina Scalera
sits down with Tiffany Reisz to talk love, romance, books, and what to read when you have Spring Fever.
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In his new memoir Born Standing Up, Steve Martinwaxes nostalgic for his stand-up days. tonic's Tiffany Reisz unpacks the story of the bunny-eared, banjo-playing wild man of comedy.
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Acclaimed novelist and sometimes polemicist Mark Helprin
sometimes wishes he were more scared of the world. The writer opines to tonic's Greg Davis on war, love, and the state of modern literature.
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An Address Book with 3000 Names
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As the uniter of all things Beat, Allen Ginsberg became the Gandalf of the movement - creating, from his vast inner circle, a reservoir of rebellious artistic talent that would launch the counter-culture of the 50s and 60s. tonic's Tiffany Reisz tells the tale.
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Hear Jack Kerouac read a selection from On the Road. With introduction by Joe Conkwright
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Why Kerouac Matters
Joe Conkwright talks with New York Times reporter and author John Leland about his research on the Beats.
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ON THE ROAD Turns 50
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One long paragraph? On a scroll? Joe Conkwright asks Viking Press publisher Paul Slovak about the myth and lore surrounding Kerouac's most famous work. |
tonic's Tiffany Reisz dives into the painful (and often funny) world of break-ups as she reviews a collection of essays from former Daily Show executive producer Ben Karlin called Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me.
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God Bless You,
Mr. Vonnegut
The world became a little less interesting April 11th, 2007. tonic's Tiffany Reisz remembers the late Kurt Vonnegut |
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tonic's Tiffany Reisz remembers
A Wrinkle in Time and its author,
Madeleine L'Engle,
who died in her Connecticut home in September.
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Questioning God
In his latest book God: The Failed Hypothesis,
physics professor Victor Stenger joins a chorus of
nonbelievers who want to counter the rise of
fundamentalism with a dose of skepticism.
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Prof. Stenger took some time
out from his tour to talk with
tonic's Josh James.
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Anne Lamott Publisher Site
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Grace, The Final Frontier
In her third book on faith, Grace (Eventually),
author Anne Lamott chronicles her disjointed
journey in Christianity. tonic's Tiffany Reisz
has a review.
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Christian in Japan
tonic's Tiffany Reisz delves into the work of Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo and finds an exploration of enduring religious questions.
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"The Golden Rule" in Japanese kanji symbols.
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Vermont author Archer Mayor dropped in on tonic's Dr. Greg Davis. They had a lot to talk about. Like Davis, Mayor is a medical examiner...that is, when he's not a volunteer fireman, EMT, and part-time patrolman for the Bellow Falls Police Department. Before he took to writing fiction, Archer wrote history books and was the occasional scholarly editor. Listen to these two wildly smart and funny men share stories. archermayor.com |
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Writer and bookseller
Tiffany Reisz explains why Ian McEwan's Saturday isn't just the story of one day -- it's 24 hours in the life of the world.
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Kit Ehrman plants her latest mystery right in the heart of Kentucky - Churchill Downs. WUKY News' Kathleen Adams spoke with Ehrman earlier this month.
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What's a little phone sex between friends?
tonic's Tiffany Reisz listens in on Nicholson Baker's
Vox and files this report.
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It's About Imagination
Writer and bookseller Tiffany Reisz reviews Jennifer Egan's The Keep and explains why the New York Times Bestseller list ain't all that.
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tonic's Tiffany Reisz has a crush on famed fictional detective Hercule Poirot and she isn't afraid to admit it. Here she muses on the legacy of Poirot's creator, beloved mystery writer Agatha Christie.
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Tess Gerritsen said goodbye to her successful Honolulu medical practice in 1986. In this interview with tonic's Greg Davis, the doctor-cum-author explains what drew her into the world of fiction and how she came to discover her winning formula:
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For Wretched Writers Only
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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, now in its 25th year, is a stinging indictment against "serious" writers who take themselves a little too... seriously. Take, for example, the 2007 grand prize winner:
"Gerald began--but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them "permanently" meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated by choking ash--to pee."
Jim Gleeson
Madison, WI
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What's up with Christmas novels? Seriously. You know, those glitter-covered sapfests that clog book shelves every December. Tonic's Tiffany Reisz recommends Haven Kimmel's
The Used World,
a modern day retelling of the nativity story without the gimmicks.
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No one can fault Kentucky's State Treasurer for lack of vision. As tonic's Greg Davis reveals, Jonathan Miller wants to recapture religion and faith from the political extremes and harness them to create a common morality.
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 | The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer has captured the imagination of teens, twentysomethings, and adults of all ages. Why exactly? tonic's Tiffany Reisz explains.
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