Walter James Miller

Walter James Miller appears in the following:

The complete Vonnegut interviews, 1973-1983

Monday, June 24, 2013

Miller and Vonnegut were good friends.
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Monte Irvin and Recollections on Negro League Baseball

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

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The 'Negro Leagues' remembered.
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Sol Yurick on Reader's Almanac, 1979

Monday, January 07, 2013

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Yurick talks about heroism and how cultural archetypes shape our collective unconscious, sometimes to the detriment of the perception of plain facts.
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Eileen Simpson

Sunday, October 17, 1982

Writer Eileen Simpson discusses her third book, Poets in Their Youth: A Memoir, based on her years of intimacy with major American poets including John Berryman, Delmore Schwartz, Robert Lowell, and Edmund Wilson.

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Elaine Suss

Wednesday, November 12, 1980

Novelist Elaine Suss joins host Walter James Miller to discuss her 1981 debut, A Money Marriage, which Miller says, "employs an original combination of highly poetic prose with biting black humor."

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Arlene Zekowski

Monday, February 11, 1980

Walter James Miller talks with author and educator Arlene Zekowski about her 1976 book, Image Breaking Images, and her theory of grammar, logic, and language.

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Gilbert Sorrentino

Wednesday, January 16, 1980

Poet and novelist Gilbert Sorrentino discusses his 1979 satirical novel, Mulligan Stew with host Walter James Miller. Sorrentino describes the influence of Flann O'Brien and Joyce on his work, and talks about the ways in which Mulligan Stew plays with and manipulates layers of reality and fiction.

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Eileen Simpson

Saturday, June 23, 1979

Eileen Simpson discusses her 1979 memoir, Reversals: A Personal Account of Victory over Dyslexia and recounts her own experience with that disorder.

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Charles Silberman

Friday, December 08, 1978

Journalist and author Charles Silberman discusses his new book, Criminal Violence, Criminal Justice.

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Wilbur Scott

Monday, June 12, 1978

Literary critic Wilbur Scott discusses his new 1977 title Skills of the Poet.

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Emily Taitz and Sondra Henry

Friday, June 02, 1978

Emily Taitz and Sondra Henry discuss the role of women in recorded history and their 1978 book, Written Out of History: Our Jewish Foremothers. Each reads a favorite selection from the book.


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Alex Wade

Wednesday, December 14, 1977

Alex Wade discusses his new book, 30 Energy-Efficient Houses You Can Build , which was written as a response to feedback on his previous book, Low Cost Energy-Efficient Shelter.

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The Making of Making An Angel

Monday, December 12, 1977

Walter James Miller talks with John Briggs about his first book of published poetry, Making of An Angel.

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Ted Solotaroff

Wednesday, November 23, 1977

Writer and editor Ted Solotaroff talks about the end of literary magazine American Review and how the journal fit into the literary scene of its day.

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Roy Thomas

Monday, October 31, 1977

Editor Roy Thomas discusses Writers of the 21st Century, a series of collections of critical studies on science-fiction writers.

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Harry Slochower

Monday, September 26, 1977

Philosopher, literary critic, and psychotherapist Harry Slochower discusses his recent paper, "Philosophical Principles in Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory, Ontology, and the Quest for Matrem," which draws on his various fields of expertise.

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Walter James Miller

Monday, September 19, 1977

Walter James Miller discusses his 1977 book of poems Making an Angel, with host William Packard.

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Walter James Miller

Monday, August 29, 1977

Poet and editor William Packard interviews Walter James Miller, author of the 1976 book The Annotated Jules Verne and regular host of Reader's Almanac.

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Geoffrey Wagner

Tuesday, April 05, 1977

Scholar and educator Geoffrey Wagner discusses his 1976 book, The End of Education.

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Albert Weeks

Tuesday, March 08, 1977

Historian Albert L. Weeks discusses his 1976 book, The Troubled Detente.

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