First hour: The future of publishing
Second hour: Local authors roundtable
In our first hour, we talk to local publishers and editors who are making waves nationally. Our guests:
- Peter Conners, BOA Editions
- Steve Huff, Tiger Bark Press
- Nina Alvarez, Cosmographia Books and Dream Your Book
- Chad Post, Open Letter Books
In hour second hour, two local writers join us to talk about their new books. Rachel Hall is the author of the forthcoming book, Heirlooms: Stories (pre-order). Heirlooms begins in the French seaside city of Saint-Malo in 1939, and ends in the American Midwest in 1989. In these linked stories, the war reverberates through four generations of a Jewish family. Inspired by the author's family stories as well as extensive research, Heirlooms explores assumptions about love, duty, memory and truth.
We'll also be joined by Lynn Rosen, author of A Man of Genius. Samuel Grafton-Hall is a man of genius who demands reverence from all. A renowned architect, his point of view is not universally shared by students, critics, and colleagues – but this is of little consequence to Grafton-Hall, for he revels in his misanthropy. Immune to the barbs of the masses, Grafton-Hall also suffers no qualms about his personal peccadilloes and perversions. An unrepentant womanizer, Grafton-Hall leaves colleagues, friends, and lovers deeply scarred from having known him. And then there is the murder. The question of guilt is of less consequence than the question of whether the gift of genius makes one irreproachable. A rich novel that will sweep you into a life of glittering achievement and the core of hubris, A Man of Genius will forever alter your ideas about success and pride. Written in the haunting style of du Maurier’s Rebecca, this is a compelling story, told with intelligence and classic style.
