Oct 11th, 2004 · His new book The Plot Against America imagines a world in which Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the presidency to America's biggest hero and celebrity, Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh then forms alliances with Germany and Japan.
Oct 7th, 2004 · Austrian novelist and playwright Elfriede Jelinek wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy cited her ability to reveal "the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power." Since the prize was first awarded in 1901, only nine women have won it. NPR's Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Neda Ulaby.
Oct 7th, 2004 · Austrian novelist and playwright Elfriede Jelinek won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, becoming only the tenth woman to receive the honor. The feminist author is best known for her autobiographical novel, The Piano Teacher. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.
Oct 1st, 2004 · His latest novel, The Pleasure of My Company, is now out in paperback and follows his best selling novella Shopgirl. This show was originally broadcast on Oct. 6, 2003.
Sep 23rd, 2004 · The acclaimed HBO series begins its third season. Simon is the show's creator and executive producer. Simon was a police reporter for The Baltimore Sun who moved to television and wrote for the show Homicide: Life on the Street. Pelecanos is a D.C.-based crime novelist who now writes for TV and film. Esquire magazine calls him "the poet laureate of the D.C. crime world."
Aug 22nd, 2004 · A piece on last week's program prompted some confusion about the letters of American novelist Henry James. Novelist Cynthia Ozick talks to NPR's Liane Hansen about how James set fire to a mass of letters sent to him and some pages written by him that came into his possession. She also talks about what material survived and is valued today by those seeking insight into James.
Aug 15th, 2004 · Irish writer Colm Toibin's new novel imagines the interior life of famed American novelist Henry James. James burned his personal papers before his death in 1916 in an attempt to keep his private life private. Tom Vitale reports.
Aug 15th, 2004 · Singer, screenwriter, and novelist Chris Belden admits to frequent procrastination when it comes to his work. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks to him about his new album Songs About Anything.