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Authors/Writers

  • William Kennedy discusses his book "Very Old Bones"

    May. 13, 1992
  • Millard and Ramona Lampell discuss their book "O, Appalachia"

    Oct. 23, 1989
  • Interviewing actor, singer, songwriter, and playwright Ewan MacColl and singer and songwriter Peggy Seeger

    Apr. 29, 1986
  • Discussing the war in Zimbabwe, and the role of the Catholic Church in Africa with author Sister Janice McLaughlin

    Mar. 8, 1979
  • Discussing the work of Josephine Baker with Ivory Moss

    Mar. 21, 1979
  • Discussing the book, Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, with the author, nature writer David Quammen

    Aug. 19, 1985
  • Discussing the book "Freedom's Champion - Elijah Lovejoy" with the author, former Illinois Senator Paul Simon

    Dec. 15, 1997
  • Leon Forrest in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 17, 1997
  • Discussing the play "The Convict's Return," with creator, actor and comedian Geoff Hoyle

    Apr. 28, 1993
  • Sydney Lewis reads from and discusses her book "Hospital"

    Jan. 31, 1995
  • Discussing the book "The Coming White Minority: California's Eruptions and America's Future" professor Dale Maharidge.

    Apr. 16, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Dorothea Lange: A Photographer's Life" (published by Farrar Straus Giroux) with the author, non-fiction writer Milton Meltzer.

    Aug. 8, 1978
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