Trina Robbins (1938-2024), comic book artist and historian of women in comics, author of the memoir, Last Girl Standing, recorded February 6, 2018.
Robert MacNeil (1931-2024), PBS anchor, the MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, author of the memoir, Looking for My Country, recorded April 12, 2003..
April 18, 2024 - Hour Show
Don Winslow, author of City in Ruins, third volume in his Danny Ryan trilogy, and the final book before retirement. Don Winslow also creates anti-Trump videos for X (Twitter).
Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer. Recorded in in the KPFA studios,May 5, 2016.
Theatre Review: Tiger Style! at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley through Apirl 18, 2024.
Margot Livesey, author of the novel, The Road
from Belhaven.
Theatre Review: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord at ACT Strand through May 5, 2024.
Rebecca Makkai, author of the novel I Have Some Questions for You, now out in trade paper
Otessa Moshfegh, author of the short story collection, Homesick for Another World. Recorded February 2, 2017.
Susan Oxtoby, curator, Pacific Film Archive, discussing the films of director Agnes Varda (1928-2019) as part of a retrospective that runs at Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive through May 5, 2024.
Burton Lane (1912-1997) Part Two
Theatre Review: The 39 Steps at San Francisco Playhouse through April 20, 2024.
Burton Lane (1912-1997), Broadway composer, Finian's Rainbow, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. George Gershwin protege. Interview recorded for an uncompleted Gershwin documentary, recorded August 17, 1992.
David Thomson, author of The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film, interview in conjunction with Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive.
Theatre Review: Queen at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley through March 31, 2024.
Walter Mosley, author of the Easy Rawlins mystery series and other works, recorded October 25, 1992 while on tour for White Butterfly. Digitized Feb. 2024. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky/Richard A. Lupoff.
Jack O'Brien, author of Jack in the Box, or How to Goddamn Direct, now out in trade paperback.
Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018), Hugo and Nebula Award winner, science fiction/fantasy and mystery fiction author, recorded on tour for her novel Malice Prepense, August 5, 1996. Digitized Feb. 2024. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky/Richard A. Lupoff.
Jesse Green, New York Times theatre critic, excerpt from an interview recorded Sept. 28, 2022 while on virtual tour for Shy, co-written with Mary Rodgers.
Theatre Review: Cult of Love at Berkeley Rep Roda Theatre through March 3, 2024.
Theatre Review: MJ The Musical at BroadwaySF Orpheum Theatre through Feb. 25, 2024.
The Story of Bushman. Film director Rob Nillson, activist Gail Schickele and archivist Jon Shibata discuss the 1971 film Bushman and its director David Schickele. A restored Bushman is shown at BAMPFA Feb. 4 and 24.
Theatre Review: How I Learned What I Learned at TheatreWorks Mountain View thru February 4, 2024.
Theatre Review: Babes in Ho-lland, at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage thru Feb. 10, 2024.
Jane Smiley, author of A Dangerous Business, now out in trade paperback. Recorded via Zencastr, January 23, 2023.
Harlan Coben,noir and thriller author, recorded on tour for Fool Me Once, now a Netflix miniseries, March 26, 2016 in the KPFA studios.
Theatre Review: The Wiz, at Broadway SF Golden Gate Theatre through February 11, 2024.
Terry Bisson (1942-2024), science fiction and fantasy author and activist, recorded January20, 2013 on the publication of his final novel, Any Day Now.
Roger Ebert (1942-2013), film critic, recorded March 3, 2005 while on tour for The Great Movies II.
Helen Benedict, co-author (with Eyad Awwadawnon) of Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece, recorded October 25, 2022.
Martin Amis (1949-2023) recorded on tour for The Zone of Interest, October 29, 2014.
Amos Oz (1939-2018) recorded on tour for his memoir, A Tale of Love and Darkness, December 7, 2004.
