Podcasts about national book award winning

Today on a special edition of the show: National Book Award Winning poet, Martin Espada, helps us remember and recall the events of 9/11/That's 9-11-73, when the US overthrow of the duly elected socialist government of Salvador Allende sent tens of thousand of Chileans into exile. At least, the ones who were able and lucky enough to escape the brutal reign of General Augusto Pinnochet. And Camilo Perez Bustillo brings us up to speed on the battle for self determination that goes on right now in Chile and across the hemisphere. The post Award Winning Poet Martin Espada on 9/11…1973 appeared first on KPFA.

North Carolina author Jason Motts has had a remarkable amount of success as a writer — with his debut novel "The Returned" adapted into an ABC TV series, and his fourth novel, "Hell of a Book," winning the 2021 National Book Award for fiction. He'll join guest host Erik Spanberg for a look at his poetry and novels, and his roots in North Carolina.

This week Chris is joined by Jacqueline Woodson. Jacqueline is an American writer of books for adults, children, and adolescents. She is best known for her National Book Award-Winning memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way.  Her picture books The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly were NY Times Bestsellers. After serving as the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for 2018–19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020. Later that same year, she was named a MacArthur Fellow. Her TED talk "What reading slowly taught me about writing" has been viewed close to 3 million times. Chris will speak to Jacqueline about why she chose writing as a career, her mission to diversify publishing and why she has invested so much time, resources and energy into founding and running Baldwin for the Arts. 

Why do we believe in the soul? Does it actually exist? If so, what is it? Does it differ from the self? Is it part of the material world? Fred Alan Wolf brings the most modern perspective of quantum physics to the most ancient questions of religion and philosophy. Together we explores the possible spiritual aspects in relation to quantum physics. Life, death, soul, and immortality issues.Fred Alan Wolf is a physicist, writer, and lecturer who earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at UCLA in 1963. He continues to write, lecture throughout the world, and conduct research on the relationship of quantum physics to consciousness. He is the National Book Award Winning author of Taking the Quantum Leap. He is a member of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegium of Scholars.  Dr. Wolf has taught at the University of London, the University of Paris, the Hahn-Meitner Institute for Nuclear Physics in Berlin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and San Diego State University in the United States. His work in quantum physics and consciousness is well known through his popular and scientific writing. He is the author of eleven books.From the Archives: This live interview was recorded on June 6, 1997 on the nationally syndicated radio program, hosted by Laura Lee . See more at www.lauralee.com

Harvard history professor Annette Gordon-Reed's latest book, “On Juneteenth” mixes a recounting of the role that slavery plays in Texas history with Gordon-Reed's own remembrances -- of her East Texas family, and of growing up in Conroe, a town that had a particularly bad reputation for its treatment of Blacks. In mid-'60s, as a first grader, Gordon-Reed became the first African-American student to enter Conroe's white school system. Connect with Lisa on Facebook or Twitter.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Six of Lit Matters dives into the “undiscovered country” that is Hamlet as Chris chats with Ken Parker, a Professor of English at Orange Coast College, and “a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.” Chris and Ken continue a conversation about Shakespeare’s masterpiece that has been ongoing for decades, along with a discussion of music, inspiring teachers, and tiny trains. This episode is a “knavish piece of work,” and so much fun. If you are looking for other incredible stories influenced by or adapted from Hamlet, check out: Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 National Book Award Winning novel, Hamnet Tom Stoppard’s hilarious Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead David Wroblewski’s Edgar Sawtelle The Dead Father’s Club by Matt Haig John Updike’s Gertrude and Claudius

Charles Yu writes playful and inventive novels and short stories, often with a kind of sly irreverence. There's warmth and wisdom at their heart, he's very funny. Charles has written two collection of stories, Third Class Superhero and Sorry Please Thank You and the novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and his latest Interior Chinatown that won the National Book Award and Le Prix Médicis Étranger. Charles has also received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award, been nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards for his work on the television series Westworld, and has written for shows on FX, AMC, Facebook Watch, and Adult Swim. He's also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine,The Atlantic and Wired. 

Michael Krasny talks with author Louise Erdrich about her National Book Award-winning novel “The Round House.” Set on an Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota, the book deals with the aftermath of a brutal rape and a son’s quest for justice. It is part of a trilogy which includes “The Plague of Doves” and “LaRose.” (originally aired Oct. 18., 2012)

In the first episode of season 4 of Read Up, Tim discusses Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. www.thoughtbubbleaudio.com www.patreon.com/thoughtbubbleaudio.com @ReadUpPodcast @TimothyPG13

Co-Authors: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi Book: STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Publishing: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (March 10, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller! A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of […] The post JASON REYNOLDS & IBRAM X. KENDI – STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning appeared first on KSCJ 1360.

Surprise! We have a Saturday episode for you because we just had to share this conversation with Colum McCann. Adam sat down with Colum for a live event at Cuyahoga County Public Library where they discussed his new book Apeirogon, cultural appropriation vs. cultural celebration, his nonprofit Narrative 4, and why sharing stories is so important. His book is a masterpiece and you'll love this conversation.  

Kansas natives and Free State fanatics Andy White and Trevor Mowry cuss and discuss the Showtime series, The Good Lord Bird starring Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, Dead Poets Society) and Joshua Caleb Johnson, (Blackish) based on the National Book Award Winning book “Good Lord Bird” by James McBride. Good Lord Bird tells the story of the infamous abolitionist John Brown through the point of view of Onion, a fictional enslaved boy taken in by Brown and his rag tag group of followers. Bleeding Kansas chaos ensues en route to the legendary failed raid at Harper’s Ferry. This episode is a discussion about the hosts, John Brown and the limited info Showtime has released ahead of the premiere. Produced by Laser Shark Studios.

Join us this week for a discussion of Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award Winning novel The Friend. In some ways it was a little too real for our real life events, and in others it wasn't quite real enough. This episode contains more expletives than normal. Next time we will be discussing Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. Read along with us!

The 'Redesigning Society Podcast' includes guests such as Gregg Braden, Geoff Lawton, Rupert Sheldrake, Michael Tellinger, Fred Alan Wolf, Ellen Brown, Greg Carlwood and Max Igan. It captures expert perspectives on the current state of societal affairs, as well as the collective change we desperately need both philosophically and practically. It also aims to amplify mainstream engagement in how we should globally move forward for ourselves and our future generations. An interview with Dr. Fred Alan Wolf (aka Dr. Quantum) Dr. Fred Alan Wolf is a physicist, writer, and lecturer who earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at UCLA in 1963. He continues to write, lecture throughout the world, and conduct research on the relationship of quantum physics to consciousness. He is the National Book Award Winning author of “Taking the Quantum Leap”, as well as many other books. He has also starred in feature films, such as Dr. Quantum in “What The Bleep Do We Know”.

National Book Award-Winning author and environmentalist Barry Lopez joins UC San Diego’s Steve Schick, a world-renowned percussionist, to explore the intersection of music, words and the natural world. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30337]

National Book Award-Winning author and environmentalist Barry Lopez joins UC San Diego’s Steve Schick, a world-renowned percussionist, to explore the intersection of music, words and the natural world. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30337]

Patti Smith on "Just Kids," her National Book Award-Winning memoir.

Patti Smith on "Just Kids," her National Book Award-Winning memoir.