Books

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-10-22/auster-lyden-national-story-project-and-i-thought-my-father-was-god-henry-holt

Auster & Lyden: "The National Story Project" and "I Thought My Father Was God" (Henry Holt)

October 22, 2001

In 1999, NPR's Weekend All Things Considered invited listeners to submit short, true stories for a new feature called the National Story Project. Acclaimed novelist Paul Auster selected, edited, and read on-air some of his favorites...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-10-19/readers-review-kate-chopins-story-hour

Readers' Review: Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"

October 19, 2001

October's Readers' Review panel discusses the short-short story "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, a brief but thought-provoking tale that opens as a young woman receives the news that her husband has died in an accident.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-10-18/caroline-kennedy-best-loved-poems-jacqueline-kennedy-onassis-hyperion

Caroline Kennedy: "The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis" (Hyperion)

October 18, 2001

Caroline Kennedy joins Diane to talk about her new book, an anthology that includes her mother's favorite poems and literary passages, as well as other poems significant to members of the Kennedy family.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-09-06/rabbi-harold-kushner

Rabbi Harold Kushner

September 6, 2001

We all want to be successful in life, but is being successful the same as being good? Rabbi Harold Kushner draws on sources ranging from Biblical texts to contemporary events in his exploration of Living a Life that Matters (Knopf).

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-09-03/william-macleish-uphill-archie-simon-schuster-rebroadcast

William MacLeish: "Uphill with Archie" (Simon & Schuster) (Rebroadcast)

September 3, 2001

Journalist William MacLeish discusses his life as the son of poet Archibald MacLeish in his memoir Uphill with Archie (Simon & Schuster). He tells of growing up in a household where his parents' friends were literary giants, and talks...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-08-13/bebe-moore-campbell-what-you-owe-me-putnam

Bebe Moore Campbell: "What You Owe Me" (Putnam)

August 13, 2001

Novelist Bebe Moore Campbell presents her latest book. Set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, it follows the ups and downs of a friendship and business relationship between two women, one African-American, the other an immigrant Holocaust...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-07-27/louis-menand-metaphysical-club-farrar-straus-giroux

Louis Menand: "The Metaphysical Club" (Farrar Straus & Giroux)

July 27, 2001

The New Yorker's Louis Menand talks about American intellectualism in the late 19th century. His new book explains how the Civil War, the work of Charles Darwin, and other developments shaped the ideas of the great thinkers of that era -...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-07-02/jackie-wullschlager-hans-christian-andersen-life-storyteller-knopf

Jackie Wullschlager: "Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller" (Knopf)

July 2, 2001

Many of us read Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales as children - or at least saw the Disney movies - but few of us know anything about the author. British literary critic Jackie Wullschlager joins Diane to discuss her new biography.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-05-24/william-macleish-uphill-archie-simon-schuster

William MacLeish: "Uphill with Archie" (Simon & Schuster)

May 24, 2001

Journalist William MacLeish discusses his life as the son of poet Archibald MacLeish in his memoir Uphill with Archie (Simon & Schuster). He tells of growing up in a household where his parents' friends were literary giants, and talks...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-05-23/adriana-trigiani-big-cherry-holler-random-house

Adriana Trigiani: Big Cherry Holler" (Random House)

May 23, 2001

Adriana Trigiani's debut novel, Big Stone Gap, told the story of Ave Maria Mulligan, a self-proclaimed spinster pharmacist in the author's real-life hometown of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Ave Maria returns in a sequel, which begins eight...

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