Interviews conducted by Richard Wolinsky

Featuring stimulating conversations with the world's leading authors. along with artists in other fields.
Produced in the studios of 
KPFA-FM, Berkeley California
 
 

BOOKWAVES
A Radio Program About Books
Bookwaves/Artwaves heard on:
KPFA, 94.1 FM Berkeley California, Thursdays 1:00 pm. 

Bookwaves heard on
WRFA, 107.9 FM, Jamestown, NY
Wednesdays, 10:30 am
WERU, 89.9 FM Blue Hill and 102.9 FM,    Bangor, Maine
Fridays, 5:00 am
KGHI, 91.5 FM, Westport, Washington
Sundays, 1 pm
WRFI, 91.1 FM, Watkins Glen; 88.1 FM, Ithaca; 89.9 FM, Odessa, NY
Wednesday 5:30 am
WOOL, 95.1 FM Southern VT & NH
Saturdays, 7:00 am
KRFI, 88.5 FM, Idaho Panhandle
Wednesdays, 6:00 pm
KYAQ, 91.7FM, Lincoln County Oregon
5undays, 5:30 pm.
KXCR, 90.7 FM Florence Oregon
Fridays, 11:30 am
Global Community Radio Network
Tursdays, 2:00 pm
WPHX, 101.9 Ruskin Florida
Saturdays, 11:30 am
KPPQ, 104.1 FM Venura California
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KPSQ, 97.3, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Sundays 10 am, 
KURU, 89.1 FM Gila NM
Fridays, 4;:00 pm
CHMR, 93.5FM St. Johns, NL, Canada
Saturdays, 9:00 am

Selected Programs:
KBOO, 90.7 FM, Portland, Oregon
Between The Covers, Thursdays, 11 am
KOWA, 106.5 FM. Olympia, Wash.
KCEI, 90.1 FM, Taos, NM, Wednesdays

Bookwaves/Artswaves r:
KFCF, 88.1 FM, Fresno, California
Thursdays, 1:00 pm

On Line: http://www.kpfa.org/, 
Thursdays 1:00 pm Pacific

On Line: see individual station listings.

On Line archive: KPFA Cover to Cover Archives


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Richard A. Lupoff
1935-2020

Lawrence Davidson
1949-2016

Judith S. Green
June 18, 1924-September 17, 2013

Dedicated to the memory of

Denny Smithson, Andrea Lewis, Arlan Wendland, Wesley Burton,  Denise Foret, Dr. Steve Davis, Grania Davis, Kathi Kamen Goldmark,  Molly Ivins, Melvin Wolinsky, Stephanie Harolde, Mary Berg, Frank M. Robinson, Shelley Singer, Trina Robbins.
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Mar. 15, 1989?  - June 17, 2007 

Special thanks to: Jack Foley, Jennifer Stone, the legendary Susan Stone, Jim Bennett, Antonio Ortiz, Mike Biggs, members and graduates of the KPFA Apprentice Training Program, and many other KPFA staff members.

Also special thanks to all previous Cover to Cover Thursday & Probabilities former co-hosts and reviewers: Richard A Lupoff, Lawrence Davidson, Lisa Goldstein and Shelley Singer..

Recommended by the Independent Media Guild of Marin

Special thanks to Richard Lavin at Compass Digital for his assistance on this website.




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January 30, 2025 - Hour Show
Lance Gardner, Executive Artistic Director, Marin Theatre. Recorded January 23, 2025.
Mickey Spillane, noir novelist, author of Kiss Me Deadly and I, The Jury. Recorded 2003. Interviewer: Richard A. Lupoff, introduced by Richard Wolinsky & Richard A. Lupoff. Remastered and edited, January 2025,

January 23, 2025 - Hour Show
Susanna Clarke, fantasy author, discussing her now classic novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, recorded September 12, 2005. Complete Interview.
Dawn Porter, documentary filmmaker, discussing The Lady Bird Diaries and Deadlocked: How America Shaped The Supreme Court, recorded September 11, 2023. Complete Interview.
Theatre Review: Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, at TheatreWorks Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts through February 9, 2025.

January 16, 2025 - Hour Show
Vernor Vinge (1944-2024), Science Fiction novelist and five-time Hugo Award winning author, who died March 20, 2024, recorded May 7, 1992 while on tour for his novel, A Fire Upon The Deep. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. 
Complete Interview.
Margaret Atwood, award winning novelist, essayist and social critic, recorded June 10, 2003 while on tour for her novel Oryx and Crake
Complete Interview.
Theatre ReviewSome Like It Hot, at BroadwaySF Orpheum Theatre through January 26, 2025.

January 9, 2025 - Hour Show
Masters of Detective Fiction
Walter Mosley, recorded June 23, 1996 while on tour for his Easy Rawlins novel, A Little Yellow Dog, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Complete Interview
Tony Hillerman (1925-2008) recorded January 30, 1997 while on tour for his Leaphorn/Chee novel, The Fallen Man. Interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Complete Interview

December 26, 2024 - Hour Show
Terry Bisson (1942-2024) Science fiction and fantasy author and political activist, who died January 10, 2024. Recorded January 2, 2013 following the paperback reprint of his novel, 
Any Day NowComplete Interview.
Roger Ebert (1942-2013) Legendary film critic and reviewer, recorded March 3, 2005 while on tour for The Great Movies II. Complete Interview.

December 19, 2024 - Hour Show
Nelson DeMille (1943-2024) best-selling novelist, The General's Daughter, The Gold Coast. Recorded June 13, 1997 on tour for Plum Island. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky/Richard A. Lupoff.  Complete 43-minute interview.
Barry Lopez (1945-2020), short story writer and essayist. Recorded June11, 2004 while on tour for the collection, Resistance. Previously unaired excerpts. Complete 46-minute interview.
Theatre Review: A WhyNot Christmas Carol, at ACT Toni Rembe Theatre through Dec. 24, 2024.
Theatre Review: Waitress at San Francisco Playhouse through January 18, 2025.

November 28, 2024 - Hour Show
Steven Bach (1938-2009) author of the biography Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, interviewed May 7, 2007. Complete 43-minute Interview.
Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown, winner of the National Book Award, now a Hulu miniseries.
Complete 36-minute interview.
Theatre Review: The Antipodes, at Marin Shakespeare Theatre (Actors Reading Collective) through Dec. 1, 2024.
Theatre Review: Jaja's African Hair Braiding at Berkeley Rep Peets Theatre through Nov. 15, 2024.

November 21, 2024 - Hour Show
Alice McDermott, author of the novel Absolution, and a former National Book Award winner.
Complete 59-minute interview.

November 14, 2024 - Hour Show
Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, author of PlaygroundComplete 45-minute interview.
Anne Hillerman. Part Two.
Theatre Review: Kimberly Akimbo at BroadwaySF Curran Theatre through December 1, 2024.

November 7, 2024 - Hour Show
Anne Hillerman, author of Lost Birds and other novels in the Leaphorn/Chee series begun by Tony Hillerman. Complete 43-minute interview
Caleb Carr (1955-2024) author of The Alienist and other works. Recorded October 15, 1997 while on tour for The Angel of Darkness.  Complete 38-minute interview.

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