Word Patriots – Donald Anderson’s “Fire Road”
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This week on Word Patriots my guest is Donald Anderson, author of the contemporary short-story cycle, “Fire Road.” Donald was…
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Word Patriots – Turk asks about “At Last The Distinguished Thing”
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This week on Word Patriots, we welcome Turk back into the studio, and I comment upon the eerie coincidence that…
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Word Patriots – Kress on Pynchon
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This episode of Word Patriots is devoted to the fiction of the enigmatic prose virtuoso Thomas Pynchon, the author of…
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Word Patriots – Diane Ackerman’s One Hundred Names For Love (encore)
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Due to the hospitalization of my producer Donnie “Turk” Schnars this week, we are re-broadcasting my July interview with the…
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Word Patriots – A Conversation with A.J. Ali
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A.J. Ali is the creator, executive producer and star of “Good Fellas of Baltimore,” which debuted on Fox 45 TV…
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Word Patriots – Big Hollow Road
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Poetry had its beginnings as an oral art form. The sung lyric and the chanted narrative were, perhaps, one of…
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Word Patriots – Dickens and Christmas
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Charles Dickens’ name had become so associated with Christmas that in 1870 a little costermonger’s girl in London, having been…
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Word Patriots – Rhonda Winchell Sharp’s “The Nine Most Famous Reindeer of All”
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For many word patriots, their role in the literary world is clearly defined, often by a particular strength, such as…
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Word Patriots – Bildungsroman or Coming of Age Novel
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This week my father Frederick Seinfelt returns to Word Patriots. We will briefly discuss the archetypal Bildungsroman “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship”…
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Word Patriots – Paul West Early Years
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Some writers are known primarily for a single work. Others for the totality of their oeuvre. British-American author Paul West…