Podcast appearances and mentions of Francine Prose

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 30:00

Bestselling author Francine Prose’s latest book “The Vixen,” is set in the glamorous world of New York publishing in the 1950s. It is the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice ripper. The novel is based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The assignment reveals the true cost of entering such a world.

Build Back Better gets closer: Harold Meyerson; plus Francine Prose and Ella Taylor

Living in the USA

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 62:10

The House will pass a Build Back Better bill next week, maybe--Harold Meyerson explains. Plus: A comic novel about Ethel Rosenberg? Francine Prose has written one--"The Vixen"--and it's terrific. Also: EllaTaylor on "Passing," the film about a Black woman passing for white in New York City in the 1920s - playing now on Netflix.

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Build Back Better gets closer: Harold Meyerson; plus Francine Prose and Ella Taylor

Trump Watch

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 62:18

The House will pass a Build Back Better bill next week, maybe--Harold Meyerson explains. Plus: A comic novel about Ethel Rosenberg? Francine Prose has written one--"The Vixen"--and it's terrific. Also: EllaTaylor on "Passing," the film about a Black woman passing for white in New York City in the 1920s - playing now on Netflix.

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Binah: Francine Prose's The Vixen

Binah

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 57:59

Author Francine Prose turns the story of the trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg into an improbably funny examination of distortions in the fictionalizing of history.

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In Search of "The Meaning of Hitler"

Documentary of the Week

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 1:50

"The Meaning of Hitler" is a documentary essay enlisting writers such as Martin Amis and Francine Prose to make connections between the past and the present. Filmmakers Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker explore how Hitler tapped into chaos and victimhood, laying down strategies that demagogues still use today.

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#1725: Francine Prose "The Vixen" | The Book Show

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 27:34

This week, bestselling author Francine Prose discusses her latest, “The Vixen.” Set in the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing, the novel is the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Photo courtesy of Harper.

#1725: Francine Prose “The Vixen” | The Book Show

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 27:34

This week, bestselling author Francine Prose discusses her latest, “The Vixen.” Set in the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing, the novel is the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Photo courtesy of Harper.

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Bernie's Big Deal: John Nichols on the budget, plus Francine Prose on Ethel Rosenberg

Start Making Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 40:52

Bernie Sanders recently spoke with our John Nichols about the importance of doing big things in politics--and now Senate Democrats have agreed on a $3.5 trillion budget proposal that would dramatically expand Medicare, provide for paid family leave, subsidize child care, make community college free, and fund some meaningful climate crisis initiatives. Big things! John Nichols comments. Also: A comic novel about Ethel and Julius Rosenberg? Who'd have thought that was possible? Now Francine Prose has written one: it's called “The Vixen,” and it's terrific.

THE VIXEN by Francine Prose, read by Tristan Morris

Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 6:32

Tristan Morris inhabits the youthful protagonist of Francine Prose's fine audiobook. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Alan Minskoff discuss this understated performance that shows Morris inhabiting the psyche of the youthful protagonist, set in the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s. The deliberate cadence and earnest style add to the revelation of the mystery at the center of this complex, textured, and richly detailed novel. It adds up to a grand listening experience. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Harper Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Today's episode is sponsored by Graphic Audio, A Movie in Your Mind. Try a radically different audiobook! Dramatized adaptations produced with a full cast, cinematic music and sound effects. Action-adventure genres like Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comics, Horror, Westerns and more. Save 55% Off your first order with coupon 55LISTEN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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#1740: Francine Prose’s ‘Vixen’ | The Book Show

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 30:00

Bestselling author Francine Prose's latest book “The Vixen,” is set in the glamorous world of New York publishing in the 1950s. It is the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice ripper. The novel is based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The assignment reveals the true cost of entering such a world.

#1740: Francine Prose's ‘Vixen' | The Book Show

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 30:00

Bestselling author Francine Prose's latest book “The Vixen,” is set in the glamorous world of New York publishing in the 1950s. It is the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice ripper. The novel is based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The assignment reveals the true cost of entering such a world.

Book review: The Vixen by Francine Prose

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 6:12

Phil Vine reviews The Vixen by Francine Prose, published by HarperCollins.

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Book review: The Vixen by Francine Prose

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 6:12

Phil Vine reviews The Vixen by Francine Prose, published by HarperCollins.

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Paul Theroux: Adventurer, Novelist, and NYT Best-Selling Travel Writer

Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 90:53

Celebrated NYT best-selling author Paul Theroux on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast. Paul has lived an extraordinary life traveling the globe writing many highly acclaimed books. His novels include The Lower River and The Mosquito Coast, and his renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and Dark Star Safari and the upcoming book about Hawaii and surfing, Under the Wave at Waimea. “Theroux’s work is like no one else’s.” –Francine Prose, New York Times Book Review You’ve probably also heard of The Mosquito Coast. This book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981, and it was made into a movie in 1986 directed by Peter Weir starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and River Phoenix. It’s now inspired a new Apple TV+ series starring Justin Theroux, who is coincidentally the author’s nephew which will be out at the end of April.

TBC: What We Actually Read, 2020!

That Book

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 43:09

What we read in this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Books: The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett; Field Work, Mischa Berlinski; I Remember You, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir; Kindred, Octavia Butler; The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton; This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone; Cleanness, Garth Greenwell; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins; Red Rising trilogy, Pierce Brown; The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune; An Extraordinary Union, Alyssa Cole; Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, Svetlana Alexievich; Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell; Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life, Nina Stibbe; The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt; Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern, Francine Prose; The Sally Lockhart series, Phillip Pullman; Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Gifted School, Bruce Holsinger; The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again, M. John Harrison; Uncanny Valley: A Memoir, Anna Wiener; Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia; The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard; The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin. Articles: John le Carré obit (NYT) Barbara Cartland (Jezebel)

How Do You Read Like a Writer?

Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 10:42

You're a writer, so you write. But do you read? Silly question, I know, because of course you read. A better question is how do you read? Do you read like a writer? There are ways writers can read that can be both inspiring and instructive, and that's what we're going to cover today, so you can see how reading, as Stephen King says, can serve as your "creative center." As we learn to read like a writer, you might be a little afraid I'm going to ruin reading for you—that you'll no longer be able to read for pleasure, but don't worry. You'll still be able to read for fun and distraction. You can listen, read, or watch to learn more. https://youtu.be/cHaeAOVodaQ Read to Collect Ideas for Your Work If you want to read like a writer, you'll benefit from reading with an analytical eye, but before we get into that, the first way to read as a writer is to go ahead and read for inspiration and information, just like you always do. You need to understand a topic better, so you research and read about it. You want to expand your knowledge, so you read and take notes. You want to improve yourself, so you grab a book that's going to help you gain a skill or solve a problem. We writers are always collecting ideas and content. All that you read can feed into your writing. In fact, we've done this our entire lives. If not consciously then subconsciously, we've been doing all this collecting. Now I want you to be more intentional about it. Even as you're casually reading the back of a cereal box, a tweet, or a magazine article, start to take notes about where this content came from, who wrote it, and how it impacted you, because this is material that you can use in all of your work. Authors Are Your Teachers Another big way we can read as writers is to start viewing other authors and writers as teachers. They can instruct us. Francine Prose in her book Reading Like a Writer said this: I've heard the way a writer reads described as "reading carnivorously." What I've always assumed that this means is not, as the expression might seem to imply, reading for what can be ingested, stolen or borrowed, but rather for what can be admired, absorbed, and learned. It involves reading for sheer pleasure, but also with an eye and a memory for which author happens to do which thing particularly well. So we read and pay attention to the choices an author makes that results in such engaging work. In literature, especially in poetry courses, we talk about a "close reading," where every idea, every sentence—even every word—is examined. A close reading reveals all: from the highest level of themes, ideas, organization, and structure all the way down to the details of sentences and word choices. We see what works and why it works. And while we do want to look to the best to be able to level up our work, we don't have to always be reading Shakespeare and Dickinson to improve as writers. Our teachers, our model texts, can be from the kinds of writing we want to pursue. We might find a blog post that serves as an excellent example and study the tone and topics that were covered as well as the length and the layout. And we can learn from that. So find your experts, your teachers, your models, your mentors...wherever they may be. Read Close by Annotating Another way we can read like a writer is to annotate. Mortimer Adler in his book How to Read a Book, written with Charles van Doren, wrote this: Full ownership of a book only comes when you have made it a part of yourself and the best way to make yourself a part of it, which comes to the same thing, is by writing in it. He claims that full ownership of a book happens not when you purchase it. It happens when you interact with it on the page. You annotate, you underline, you write in the margins, and in that way you make it your own. And the book becomes a part of you. But let me tell you something: I grew up in a household where we did not write...

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How to Read Like a Writer

Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 10:42

You're a writer. So you write. But do you read? Of course you do, but how do you read? Do you read like a writer? There are ways writers can read that can be both inspiring and instructive, and that's what we're going to cover today, so you can see how reading, as Stephen King says, can serve as your "creative center." As we learn to read like a writer, you might be a little afraid I'm going to ruin a reading for you—that you'll no longer be able to read for pleasure, but don't worry. You'll still be able to read for fun and distraction. Read to Collect Content for Your Work But if you want to read like a writer, you will benefit from reading with an analytical eye. So the first way we're going to read as writers is to go ahead and read for inspiration and information, just like we always do. You need to understand a topic better, so you research and read about it. You want to expand your knowledge, so you read and take notes. You want to improve yourself, so you grab a book that's going to help you gain a skill or solve a problem. We writers are always collecting ideas and content. All that you read can feed into your writing. In fact, we've probably always done this our entire lives. If not consciously, then maybe subconsciously, we've been doing all this collecting. But now I want you to be more intentional about it. Even as you're casually reading the back of a cereal box, a tweet, or a magazine article, start to take notes about where this content came from, who wrote it, and how it impacted you. Because this is all now material that you can use in all of your work. Read Authors As Your Teachers There's another big way that we can read as writers and that's to start viewing these authors and these writers as teachers. They can instruct us. Francine Prose in her book, Reading Like a Writer said this: I've heard the way a writer reads described as "reading carnivorously." What I've always assumed that this means is not, as the expression might seem to imply, reading for what can be ingested, stolen or borrowed, but rather for what can be admired, absorbed, and learned. It involves reading for sheer pleasure, but also with an eye and a memory for which author happens to do which thing particularly well. So we read and pay attention to the choices that an author makes that results in such engaging work. In literature, especially in poetry courses, we talk about a close reading where every idea, every sentence, even every word is examined. A close reading reveals all: from the highest level of themes and ideas, organization, and structure all the way down to the details of sentences and word choices. We see what works and why it works. And while we do want to look to the best to be able to level up our work, we don't have to always be looking at Shakespeare and Dickinson to be able to improve as writers. Our teachers, our model texts, can be from the kinds of writing we want to pursue. We might find a blog post that is an excellent example, and we can follow that to discover the tone and the topics that were covered and the length and the layout. And we can learn from that, as well. So find your experts, your teachers, your models, wherever they may be. Read Close by Annotating Another way we can read like a writer is to annotate. Mortimer Adler in his book How to Read a Book, written with Charles van Doren, wrote this: Full ownership of a book only comes when you have made it a part of yourself and the best way to make yourself a part of it, which comes to the same thing is by writing in it. He claims that full ownership of a book happens not when you purchase it. It happens when you interact with it on the page. You annotate, you underline, you write in the margins, and in that way you make it your own. And the book becomes a part of you. But let me tell you something: I grew up in a household where we did not write in books. It was absolutely forbidden.

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PEGGY GUGGENHEIM

The Jewish Lives Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 20:15

Peggy Guggenheim was one of 20th century America’s most influential patrons of the arts. Francine Prose, author of the Jewish Lives biography Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern, offers a spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art.

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MARIE LAVEAU: WITCH OR SAINT?</a#x3E;

Storical

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 19:20

Marie Laveau was THE Voodoo Queen in a city overrun with purported doctors and queens. Today we're separating fact from fiction about both Marie and voodoo. Was she a witch or a saint? When you actually get into the nitty gritty of her life and dig deeper than the many exaggerated stories about both the woman and voodoo itself, what you find is actually not spooky at all – it's a story of mercy, generosity, and serious hustle.Storical will be a little less frequent for the next few months as I'm undergoing some health treatments. Subscribe in whatever app you use to get all the latest episodes or follow @StoricalPodcast on Instagram.Join Potions and Paperbacks for virtual book club and articles on history, literature and perfume: https://www.facebook.com/groups/247203939797050/Non-fictionThe Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans by Denise Alvarado - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44442902Hoodoo in America by Zora Neale Hurston - https://books.google.com/books/about/Hoodoo_in_America.html?id=EacSHAAACAAJHaitian Revolution Part 1 by Footnoting History - https://www.footnotinghistory.com/home/haitian-revolution-part-i-1791-1793Marie Laveau by Queens Podcast - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/katy-2/queens-podcst/e/65213837Marie Laveau by Deviant Women Podcast - https://deviantwomenpodcast.com/2020/02/27/marie-laveau/FictionVoodoo Dreams by Jewell Parker Rhodes - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336622.Voodoo_DreamsMarie Laveau by Francine Prose - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51792.Marie_LaveauFilmLaveau (Still in Development) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5570862/Dinner with the Alchemist (2016) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3923750American Horror Story: Coven (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3743358Check out my perfume inspired by Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen: https://www.immortalperfumes.com/imported-products/voodoo-queen-a-perfume-inspired-by-marie-laveau

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Marie Laveau: Witch or Saint?

Storical

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 19:20

Marie Laveau was THE Voodoo Queen in a city overrun with purported doctors and queens. Today we’re separating fact from fiction about both Marie and voodoo. Was she a witch or a saint? When you actually get into the nitty gritty of her life and dig deeper than the many exaggerated stories about both the woman and voodoo itself, what you find is actually not spooky at all – it’s a story of mercy, generosity, and serious hustle.Storical will be a little less frequent for the next few months as I’m undergoing some health treatments. Subscribe in whatever app you use to get all the latest episodes or follow @StoricalPodcast on Instagram.Join Potions and Paperbacks for virtual book club and articles on history, literature and perfume: https://www.facebook.com/groups/247203939797050/Non-fictionThe Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans by Denise Alvarado - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44442902Hoodoo in America by Zora Neale Hurston - https://books.google.com/books/about/Hoodoo_in_America.html?id=EacSHAAACAAJHaitian Revolution Part 1 by Footnoting History - https://www.footnotinghistory.com/home/haitian-revolution-part-i-1791-1793Marie Laveau by Queens Podcast - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/katy-2/queens-podcst/e/65213837Marie Laveau by Deviant Women Podcast - https://deviantwomenpodcast.com/2020/02/27/marie-laveau/FictionVoodoo Dreams by Jewell Parker Rhodes - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336622.Voodoo_DreamsMarie Laveau by Francine Prose - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51792.Marie_LaveauFilmLaveau (Still in Development) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5570862/Dinner with the Alchemist (2016) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3923750American Horror Story: Coven (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3743358Check out my perfume inspired by Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen: https://www.immortalperfumes.com/imported-products/voodoo-queen-a-perfume-inspired-by-marie-laveau

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Episode 133: Stepfather Kills Best - The Night of the Hunter & The Stepfather

Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 187:40

Forget evil stepmothers ... this episode is all about evil stepfathers! We watched The Night of the Hunter and The Stepfather! Sources: The Night of the Hunter (1955) "The Big Idea - The Night of the Hunter" by Rob Nixon, TCM "The Essentials - The Night of the Hunter" by Jeff Stafford and Rob Nixon, TCM "Creating The Night of the Hunter" by George E. Turner, American Cinematographer "The Night of the Hunter" by Jeff Stafford, TCM "Behind the Camera - The Night of the Hunter" by Jeff Stafford and Rob Nixon "The primal pull of Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter" by Francine Prose, Library of America "Guillermo del Toro Presents The Night of the Hunter", CriterionCollection "Spike Lee TCM 2012 on Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter", Sekhar Ramakrishnan The Stepfather (1987) "The Stepfather - 30 Years of Classic Values", Cryptic Rock "Forensic Files - Season 1, Episode 12: The List Murders", FilmRise

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Deborah Eisenberg & Francine Prose

FUSE: A BOMB Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 34:17

In this episode, we did something a little different: revisiting a BOMB interview from 1993 between Deborah Eisenberg and Francine Prose.Deborah Eisenberg has published five collections of stories: Transactions in a Foreign Currency, Under the 82nd Airborne, All Around Atlantis, Twilight of the Superheroes and Your Duck Is My Duck.Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction, including Mister Monkey; Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller, Reading Like a Writer.

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Francine Prose on Anne Frank

The Vault

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 14:30

Francine Prose talks about Anne Frank, the subject of her 2009 book, at the 2011 New York Institute for the Humanities symposium, “Second Thoughts on the Memory Industry.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Zadie Smith on Authors as Readers, British Surrealism, Playwright Jingan Young, The Mirror and the Light publicity

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 28:27

Authors Zadie Smith and Francine Prose join Front Row to consider how authors read, as the shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize, largely chosen by authors, is announced. Is it with the same eyes as any other reader or are they more aware of the scaffolding as well as the building? How do they judge writing, and how does what they read inform their own work? British Surrealism at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London is the first major exhibition to explore the origins of surrealist art in Britain, positioning it as a fundamental movement in the history of art, with roots in the work of writers such as William Blake and Lewis Carroll. The show also features the significant contribution made by female artists to surrealism, including Eileen Agar, Leonora Carrington and Ithell Colquhoun. Art critic Louisa Buck reviews. Jingan Young is a Hong Kong born playwright, best known for Filth: Failed in London, Try Hong Kong. She talks to Stig Abell about her new play, Life and Death of a Journalist. Set against the backdrop of the Hong Kong protests, it tells the tale of a reporter for a Chinese-owned newspaper in Britain asked to compromise her coverage to appease a powerful investor. And Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times Literary Editor, talks about the publicity surrounding Hilary Mantel's much anticipated novel The Mirror and the Light. How does the book's marketing and launch compare with the hoopla - as one newspaper described it- surrounding the last major campaign in the books world, for Margaret Atwood's The Testaments? Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Dymphna Flynn

The enduring appeal of Middlemarch, 200 years after George Eliot's birth

Writers and Company from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 52:51

Eleanor Wachtel's 2014 conversation with Middlemarch enthusiasts Rebecca Mead, Nancy Henry and Francine Prose, to mark George Eliot's bicentenary.

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S1 E18 Bullyville by Francine Prose

Rutland Reader Review

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 3:43

Tyson reviews Bullyville by Francine Prose. This book is 272 pages, 960L and 7 AR points.

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Satirical Takes on Higher Ed and Why They Matter

EdSurge On Air

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 30:59

What is your favorite satirical take on higher education? Maybe Jane Smiley’s "Moo." Or Don DeLillo’s "White Noise"? Or it could be Rodney Dangerfield’s "Back to School." Let’s face it, there almost endless works of fiction poking fun at academic life. As the summer ends and we head into the fall semester, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate this rich tradition of parody of academic life, and look at what these works say about the big challenges facing higher education today. For this episode, we talk to three different writing professors with something to say about satire. One is the author of an acclaimed academic satire. Another did an unusual work of satire on Twitter to call attention to the plight of adjuncts. And the third has a suggestion for the academic satire that he wishes someone out there would write. Episode page: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-09-03-satirical-takes-on-higher-ed-and-why-they-matter Julie Schumacher's recommended works of campus satire: Don DeLillo, "White Noise" David Lodge, Campus Trilogy Lan Samantha Chang, "All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost" John Warner's recommended works of campus satire: David Lodge, Campus Trilogy (his favorites are the first two, "Changing Places" and "Small World") Richard Russo, "Straight Man" Francine Prose, "Blue Angel"

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Episode 16: Everything Floats

This is Love

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 22:25

We visit a place where the “black sheep” of the Guggenheim family went to be free. Francine Prose’s book is Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Artwork byJulienne Alexander. Sponsors: Away Find out how much you can save on a suitcase by visiting awaytravel.com/thisislove and entering promo code THISISLOVE BetterHelp Get 10% off your first month of online counseling at betterhelp.com/thisislove Boll and Branch Get $50 off your first set of sheets at BollandBranch.com by using promo code THISISLOVE Everlane Get free shipping on your first order at everlane.com/thisislove Grove Check out Grove and our special offer at Grove.co/THISISLOVE Sun Basket Go to sunbasket.com/thisislove to get up to $60 off! StoryWorth For $20 off, visit storyworth.com/THISISLOVE when you subscribe! Zola To start your free wedding website and also get $50 off your registry on Zola, go to ZOLA.com/THISISLOVE

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Episode 4: LGBTQ

Not Your Mother's Library

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2019 31:14

Rachel and Melody welcome special guest, Sarah, to discuss LGBTQ reads this month! Check out what we talked about: "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz with readalike "The Inexplicable Logic of My Life" by the same author. "The Paying Guests" by Sarah Waters with readalike "Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932" by Francine Prose. "The House of Impossible Beauties" by Joseph Cassara based on the 1990 documentary film, "Paris is Burning." Also, "Sketchtacy" by Matilda Bernstein Sycamore. Sarah's Recommended Reads: "Stone Butch Blues" and "Drag King Dreams" by Leslie Feinberg "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel "Mean" by Myriam Gurba "For Today I Am a Boy" by Kim Fu "Dryland" by Sara Jaffe "Boy Meets Boy" and "Two Boys Kissing" by David Levithan Interested in more LGBTQ reads? Check out our LGBTQ booklist: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/adult-booklists/#tableid=78 Looking to earn prizes for reading? Sign up for our Summer Reading Challenge here: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/src/ Check out books, movies, and and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org/ www.hoopladigital.com/ wplc.overdrive.com/ oakcreeklibrary.org/

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First Draft - Francine Prose

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 37:42

Francine Prose is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. Her latest book is an essay collection called What to Read and Why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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First Draft- Francine Prose

Aspen Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 36:27

First Draft interview with Francine Prose, an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. Her latest book is an essay collection called What to Read and Why.

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WHAT TO READ AND WHY by Francine Prose, read by Allyson Johnson

Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 6:14

Welcome to the launch of AudioFile Magazine's new podcast, Behind the Mic! Editors and reviewers from AudioFile Magazine give their recommendations for the best audiobook listening Monday through Friday. This podcast will help you find your next great audiobook. In addition to the audiobook recommendations, we’ll have bonus episodes of in-depth conversations with the best voices in the audiobook world. Today we recommend WHAT TO READ AND WHY by Francine Prose, read by Allyson Johnson. This audiobook of essays is perfect for listeners who are book lovers and literary enthusiasts. Listen for an excerpt of this recommended audiobook. For more free audiobook recommendations, sign up for AudioFile Magazine’s newsletter on our website: On today’s episode are host Jo Reed and AudioFile Magazine founder and editor Robin Whitten. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Art of Travel-Inspired Novel Writing, with Janice Horton

Writer On The Road

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2018 37:07

Travel fiction has a long tradition. Think Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathon Swift, On the Road, by Jack Kerouac, and more recently, The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger and The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall-Smith. The list is endless. Janice Horton’s, The Backpacking Housewife, is in fine company, and although Horton is experiencing something like an overnight success with her new novel, it’s actually her thirteenth. Like most overnight successes, there’s a lot of hard work and learning her craft that has led her to this point. And a lot of travel. Being in the right spot at the right time has brought this travel adventurer a bit of luck – or so it seems at first glance – when she ran into a Harper Impulse executive who invited her to write a novel for Harper line, which Horton immediately set about doing in a three hundred year old French castle surrounded by vineyards for inspiration. It’s only on hearing Horton’s whole story that we learn her success has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with honing her craft over twelve novels and four years of writing fiction. Francine Prose writes about The Art of Travel Inspired Novel Writing in Travel & Leisure magazine, stating, “Creating great travel-inspired novels means channeling the voices, thoughts, and perspectives of an imaginary foreigner.” You can read the full article https://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-art-of-travel-inspired-novel-writing (here. ) You can find out more about Janice, her books and her inspiring lifestyle https://thebackpackinghousewife.com/ (here.) And if you’re looking for a great travel fiction read to inspire your next trip, try scrolling through the 1,000 blog posts on TripFiction.com https://www.tripfiction.com/ (here) – or you can just use the search tool but who knows what adventure you might miss You can find a list of popular travel fiction on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/travel-fiction (here.)

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Francine Prose (Rebroadcast)

The Archive Project

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2017 51:37

With humor and great insight, bestselling author, Francine Prose, touches on revisions, the sources of ideas, and teaching writing.

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60: Francine Prose & "Hangsaman"

So Many Damn Books

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 46:35

Francine Prose joins C+D in the Damn Library for some lively talk of theater that misses the mark, thwarted ambitions, and following the characters of her newest novel, Mister Monkey. They also get into Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson, and Francine heartily recommends a foreign film that will "change your life." And of course there is a brief Tournament of Books interlude. (Caw!) 15 seconds of a song: TOPS - Way to be Loved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 138 Bill Finley

Everyone's Agnostic Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 93:10

Cass Midgley and Dr. Bob Pondillo interview Bill Finley. Bill was a latch-key kid that took matters into his own hands as a senior in high school to map his path through Bible college and 13 years of service in the Salvation Army. But his mind and heart were too broad for the narrow path of Christianity, or as he puts it as an arm-chair linguist: "I needed another language." Here in Nashville on Saturday, March 18th, we're hosting a one day convention called the Nashville Nones Convention, or NaNoCon. This is our second annual gathering. You can find more information at nashvillenones.com. Tickets are just $15 if you register before March 12th and only $20 at the door. Matt Dillahunty is our key note speaker and they'll be breakout workshops. The second event is ReasonCon 3, being held the weekend of April 21st and 22nd in Hickory NC. This conference puts an emphasis on atheist podcasts and the communities that build around them. Tickets range from $45 to $180. For more information go to reasonnc.com. In addition, I want to plug two medias that truly illustrate what it means to be a yes-sayer. The novel by Alain de Botton, "The Course of Love," and the movie, "Arrival," starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Alain de Botton's "The Course of Love" follows a young couple, Rabih and Kirsten, for around 30 years from courtship to mid-life. Francine Prose, of the Guardian calls the novel "a sympathetic account of the relationship that begins only after the besotted courtship has ended. Having fallen deeply in love, the couple “will marry, they will suffer, they will frequently worry about money, they will have a girl first, then a boy, one of them will have an affair, there will be passages of boredom, they’ll sometimes want to murder one another and on a few occasions to kill themselves. This will be the real love story.” Journalist Michelle Newton writes, "De Botton argues we are all crazy and broken; that is the human condition. I would argue that the culture we live in is also in need of major repair as it is riddled with anxiety. No wonder the promise of escape via the wings of love is appealing. A strong dose of reality is needed to ensure the long-lasting survival of love. De Botton argues it is a skill to be learnt over time. I am no expert on love, but that is just the point. No one is." De Botton invites us to put away our fairy tale expectations of what romance should look like and do the hard work of cohabitating with another person just as crazy as us, with just a different brand of crazy. The lie that the grass is greener continues to pull us out of our present reality into a delusional dream-state that says no to what is. I'm convinced that most couples in the world bear some measure of resentment when their partner is praised by others, thinking to themselves, "if you only knew him/her like I do, you wouldn't think so highly of them." Obviously, this advice only applies to couples who are not in a perilous relationship where they're safety and well-being are threatened. But barring that, being a yes-sayer means deciding if you want your pursuit of companionship to divest itself over and over again with new partners, looking for mr or mrs right? Or if the person laying next to you snoring or drooling or farting suffice for the task? And lastly, the movie, "Arrival." “Arrival” is not your typical alien movie. This film has tremendous depth and a message that blew my mind. Amy Adam’s character, Louise, is a Professor of Linguistics and is called on to help communicate with aliens from outer space who have arrived on earth. As she grows more intimate with the aliens, they bestow on her, through dream-like visions, an ability to transcend time by seeing the future. What she does with this information and how she reacts to it emerges as the ultimate message of this movie cloaked in an alien invasion context. What I’m about to say could be considered a spoiler, but I think your experience with this movie will be enhanced by understanding the twist at the end as you watch it from the beginning. Louise is able to see her future self marry the scientist she’s working next to at ground zero, see the daughter that they bear, and see her die as a pre-teen with some kind of cancer. AND SHE CHOOSES TO FOLLOW THAT PATH ANYWAY. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Life’s a journey, not a destination.” To quote movie critic, Jarrod Canfield: “Arrival is a thoughtful adaptation of that adage. Arrival introduces us to a new prism by which we can better view our own lives. There is no salvation in this vantage point, nor protection from death. Instead, Arrival asks a simple question: if you could view your life as an image, a story told in one nonlinear and infinite symbol, would you change it? Would you live it anyway? Louise embraces life for all of its myriad victories and losses, knowing that the journey is worth far more than the final destination.” This is yes-saying. Looking the cruelty and absurdity of life in the face and walking into it anyway. Nietzsche’s formula for human greatness is Amor Fati, latin for love of fate—not wanting anything to be different. No-sayers look at their lives and they say NO, they want things to be different, they puff and pout over things for which they have no control. We taped this conversation on January 21st, 2017. We interview people you don’t know, about a subject no one wants to talk about. We hope to encourage people in the process of deconstructing their faith and help curb the loneliness that accompanies it. We think the world is a better place when more people live by sight, not by faith. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Our show is available on most podcast platforms. Also, you can support us monetarily in two easy ways: you can pledge one dollar per episode through Patreon; that’s www.patreon.com/eapodcast, or leave a lump-sum donation through PayPal at our website, www.everyonesagnostic.com. The smallest contribution is greatly appreciated. Credits: "Towering Mountain of Ignorance" intro by Hank Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3v3S82TuxU Intro bumper "Never Know" by Jack Johnson The segue music is on this episode was created by friend of the show “The Barry Orchestra” found at barryorchestra.bandcamp.com Thanks for listening and be a yes-sayer to what is.

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Episode 108 - October 30, 2016

Woodstock Booktalk with Martha Frankel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016 57:11

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Francine Prose, Jay McInerney, Kevin Smokler and Stephanie Gangi. This week's sponsors: Fruition, Karmic, Women at Woodstock and Greer Chicago.

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Francine Prose

Harper Audio Presents

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 22:51

Mister Monkey, Francine Prose’s latest novel, is as humorous, poignant and spiritual as an onstage monkey with a halo slipping on a banana. The author tells us which autobiographical elements had to be disguised to protect the guilty.

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LDK Ep. 12 with Grace Bridges

Lasers Dragons And Keyboards

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 31:16

This week we interview the Space Kiwi, Grace Bridges. (10 nerd points for everyone who knows why she has that nickname!) We start off with Aaron knowing who he is for once... sort of... The Week Of Firsts continues, as we don't emediently imediently imediantly right away start off down a rabbit trail! (I know, I can't believe it either! - Aaron) Ah, that's better, a side discussion on philosophy. Much better... And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: The question "Is there an author who's favorite superhero ISN'T Batman?" has been answered! (You'll have to listen to the podcast to find out who...) We talk about favorite movies, and Aaron brings up Earth Star Voyager... and no one else has ever heard of it. Sigh. Grace's favorite captain is no surprise to any of us. Aaron opines about Voyager, but does state that Season 3, Episode 7, "Sacred Ground" is one of the best hours of sci-fi ever, except for one tiny flaw... Links to Things of No Interest That We May Have Blathered On About For A Bit: Grace Bridges (and perhaps even her book, Mariah's Dream) Grace as Captain Janeway (1) & Video 2 Splashdown Books Book Dispository Depository What's Earth Star Voyager?? For both of you that have never heard the Jeopardy theme... Reading For Authors (book, find it, fix the title, and link to it. THIS MEANS YOU! It's "Reading Like a Writer", by Francine Prose. ...and you don't have to yell -Aaron) Grace's favorite Irish tea The world's greatest writing software: Scrivener Stephen Lawhead's Empyrion Stephen Lawhead's Taliesen Alexander McCall Smith Jill Domschot Kathy Tyers Terry Pratchett Jeremy Robinson Jeffrey Overstreet Chris Well Buffer IFTTT (If This, Then That)

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Lucky Episode 13 with Editor & Author Grace Bridges

Lasers Dragons And Keyboards

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 37:15

In part two, we start things off right. That's right, we're immediately sidetracked talking about tea. (And Aaron manages to insult Liberty's favorite--Earl Grey--while she's drinking it.) Grace next mentions here favorite book, and we follow that up with a discussion of the metric system. (No, the two are not related... at all...) We manage to ask a few relevant questions, before we get sidetracked by cats (which Liberty may or may not have edited out.) Then we talk about marketing, which Grace does know something about. You'll have to listen to figure out how to get more people to open your e-mails... Links to Things of No Interest That We May Have Blathered On About For A Bit: Grace Bridges (and perhaps even her book, Mariah's Dream) Grace as Captain Janeway (1) & Video 2 Splashdown Books Book Dispository Depository What's Earth Star Voyager?? For both of you that have never heard the Jeopardy theme... Reading For Authors (book, find it, fix the title, and link to it. THIS MEANS YOU! It's "Reading Like a Writer", by Francine Prose. ...and you don't have to yell -Aaron) Grace's favorite Irish tea The world's greatest writing software: Scrivener Stephen Lawhead's Empyrion Stephen Lawhead's Taliesen Alexander McCall Smith Jill Domschot Kathy Tyers Terry Pratchett Jeremy Robinson Chris Well Buffer IFTTT (If This, Then That)

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Francine Prose on YouTube, Sentences, & War

Library Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2016 20:52

Award-winning author Francine Prose came to the Library to talk about her latest novel, “Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932.” In this conversation with NYPL’s Jessica Strand, Prose discusses love, storytelling, and how to read like a writer.

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The Original Gallery Girl

Vox Tablet

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2015 23:44

The name Guggenheim is synonymous with modern art. That’s thanks to Solomon Guggenheim and his famous museum on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Credit also goes to his niece Peggy, who championed icons like Jackson Pollock and Wassily Kandinsky and established influential galleries in New York, London, and Venice, where she eventually settled. Guggenheim also lived a unique personal life; she was twice married—once to the painter Max Ernst—and claimed in her memoirs to have had a thousand lovers, including Samuel Beckett. How did she become a key figure in the modern art landscape? What personal demons did fight along the way? What is her legacy? These are questions writer Francine Prose tackles in... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Francine Prose

The Archive Project

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2014 65:10

Francine Prose is the author of 20 works of fiction. Her 2000 novel, Blue Angel, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and her 2005 novel, A Changed Man, won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife and the New York Times bestseller, Reading Like a Writer.

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Episode 2 - 10/5/2014

Woodstock Booktalk with Martha Frankel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2014 60:01

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Julie Powell and Francine Prose with Frankelsense and Mirth.

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Francine Prose: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2014 29:41

Prose's protagonist, Lou Villars, is based on the athlete and Gestapo interrogator Violette Morris, who was photographed with her lover in a Parisian nightclub in 1932.

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Authors You Love

The Book Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 54:26

LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 by Francine Prose

Harper Audio Presents

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2014 21:04

Francine Prose discusses her new book LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 (HarperCollins, April 2014) with Erin Wicks, Producer @HarperAudio_US. A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself Paris in the 1920s. It is a city of intoxicating ambition, passion, art, and discontent, where louche jazz venues like the Chameleon Club draw expats, artists, libertines, and parvenus looking to indulge their true selves. It is at the Chameleon where the striking Lou Villars, an extraordinary athlete and scandalous cross-dressing lesbian, finds refuge among the club's loyal denizens, including the rising photographer Gabor Tsenyi, the socialite and art patron Baroness Lily de Rossignol, and the caustic American writer Lionel Maine. As the years pass, their fortunes—and the world itself—evolve. Lou falls in love and finds success as a race car driver. Gabor builds his reputation with vivid and imaginative photographs, including a haunting portrait of Lou and her lover, which will resonate through all their lives. As the exuberant twenties give way to darker times, Lou experiences another metamorphosis that will warp her earnest desire for love and approval into something far more sinister: collaboration with the Nazis. Told in a kaleidoscope of voices, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 evokes this incandescent city with brio, humor, and intimacy. A brilliant work of fiction and a mesmerizing read, it is Francine Prose's finest novel yet.

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Writer-in-Residence (Fall 2008): Francine Prose

Arts and Sciences

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2012 75:36

"The Fall 2008 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College features Francine Prose, author of more than 20 books of fiction and nonfiction. Her works include the novels Blue Angel (nominated for a National Book Award) and A Changed Man (winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize), Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them, a book on gluttony, and another on the life of the painter Caravaggio. She has written books for children and young adults, and contributes to The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harper's, where she is a contributing editor. A film of her novel Household Saints was released in 1993. Her latest novel, Goldengrove, was published in September 2008. The recipient of numerous grants and awards, she has taught at The New School, Harvard, the Iowa Writers Workshop, and as a Distinguished Visiting Writer at Bard College. Prose is currently president of PEN American Center. Roslyn Bernstein, Director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, makes the opening remarks. Jeffrey M. Peck, Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, makes the welcoming remarks. John Brenkman, Distinguished Professor of English, introduces the speaker. The event takes place on October 21, 2008, at the Newman Conference Center, 7th floor."

Writer-in-Residence (Fall 2008): Francine Prose

Arts and Sciences

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2012 75:36

"The Fall 2008 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College features Francine Prose, author of more than 20 books of fiction and nonfiction. Her works include the novels Blue Angel (nominated for a National Book Award) and A Changed Man (winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize), Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them, a book on gluttony, and another on the life of the painter Caravaggio. She has written books for children and young adults, and contributes to The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harper’s, where she is a contributing editor. A film of her novel Household Saints was released in 1993. Her latest novel, Goldengrove, was published in September 2008. The recipient of numerous grants and awards, she has taught at The New School, Harvard, the Iowa Writers Workshop, and as a Distinguished Visiting Writer at Bard College. Prose is currently president of PEN American Center. Roslyn Bernstein, Director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, makes the opening remarks. Jeffrey M. Peck, Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, makes the welcoming remarks. John Brenkman, Distinguished Professor of English, introduces the speaker. The event takes place on October 21, 2008, at the Newman Conference Center, 7th floor."

Author Teju Cole reading and discussion, Moderated by Francine Prose

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2012

Teju Cole is a Nigerian American photographer and art historian, and the author of two critically acclaimed books: the novella Every Day is for the Thief, about a Lagos homecoming; and the novel Open City, about a Nigerian immigrant in Manhattan. He has contributed to numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Guardian. A professor and distinguished writer in residence at Bard College, Cole is currently at work on a narrative nonfiction work about Lagos. www.nationalbook.org

Author Russell Banks reading and discussion, Moderated by Francine Prose

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2012

A prolific writer of fiction, Russell Banks is the author of The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction, both of which were adapted into feature films, as well as The Darling, Cloudsplitter, Rule of the Bone, Continental Drift, the recent Lost Memory of Skin, and others. His poetry, essays, and short fiction have appeared in publications such as The New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and Harper

Francine Prose: My New American Life

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2011 30:00

My New American Life is the immigrant story told in a new way. Francine Prose's touching and funny character, Lula, is used to suffering -- she comes from Albania...

A.M. Homes & Francine Prose

BOMBLive!

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2010 48:48

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Words & Wine: Francine Prose - Golden Grove

The Warren Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2008 4:52

Warren sits down with Francine Prose to discuss her style of writing, the evolution of her work, and the power of Tourette's. http://www.kimricketts.com http://www.thewarrenreport.com

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Francine Prose: Goldengrove

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2008 29:30

Francine Prose is full of surprises in speaking of her newest novel, Goldengrove It's narrated by a thirteen-year-old girl whose sister has drowned....

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Denis Johnson Wins 2007 National Book Award in Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2007

Cindy Johnson accepts the 2007 National Book Award in Fiction for Tree of Smoke in her husbands honor. Recorded November 14, 2007, at the National Book Awards Dinner and Ceremony in New York City. Includes the surprise announcement by Francine Prose, Chair of the Fiction Judges Panel.

Author Francine Prose reading and discussion

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2007

Author Francine Prose reads from her new book Reading Like A Writer, followed by an interview with moderator Brigid Hughes. Introduction by Harold Augenbraum, executive director of the National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. Recorded in the BAM Lepercq Space as part of the Eat, Drink and Be Literary reading series. Presented in partnership with BAM. www.nationalbook.org

Francine Prose: The Lives of Muses

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2002 29:42

Francine Prose's The Lives of the Muses is a series of "brief lives" of women who inspired famous men: Alice of Alice in Wonderland, Yoko Ono, Mrs. Salvador Dali, the pre-Raphaelites...

Francine Prose: Blue Angel

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2000 29:43

Blue Angel pivots on a question of academic sexual harassment...

Francine Prose: Guided Tours of Hell

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 1997 29:46

Francine Prose began her career in the magical-realist mode. Now her books are cynical and dark. In Guided Tours of Hell she tells why.

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