Cordelia Strube on daring artists; Gary Barwin on grade-school pirates
Shelagh Rogers talks to Cordelia Strube about complex characters, Jason Proctor about loving big books and Gary Barwin about pirates. This episode originally aired on April 25, 2016.
On this episode: (1) Cordelia Strube on telling difficult stories and taking chances with her writing (2) Gary Barwin on fifth-grade pirates and Christopher Columbus (3) Jason Proctor on why he likes big books (4) Hip-hop artist Motion recommends a book for anyone who loved Jay Z's memoir (5) Singer-songwriter Chloe Charles explains her personal connection to Ralph Ellison's celebrated 1952 novel, Invisible Man (6) Peter Behrens on his day job herding cattle. This episode originally aired on April 25, 2016.
Correction: In an earlier version of this show, a guest mistakenly referred to The Diary of Anne Frank as a work of fiction. The Diary of Anne Frank is nonfiction.