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ArchivesNew Hampshire Writer Wins Nebula AwardBy Xenia Piaseckyj on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.Earlier this month, the annual Nebula Awards for excellence in science fiction and fantasy fiction were presented in New York City. The award has been given to authors each year since 1965 by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Among the winners for 2007 is New Hampshire's own James Patrick Kelly, whose book "Burn" won for best novella. listen:
  Retirees Want Raises to Keep Coming From Troubled Retirement SystemBy David Darman on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.The New Hampshire Senate is getting ready to vote tomorrow on two measures that would reform the state’s ailing retirement system. Lawmakers, public employees and retirees in general agree that reforms are needed. But the questions of how much needs to be done and who should pay for it are still under dispute. New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more. listen:
Poet Jack McCarthy ReturnsBy Liz Bulkley on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.Poet Jack McCarthy has made a name for himself doing what he calls stand up poetry. He's in New England this month for readings around the region. We'll talk with him about his work and his past, as he describes it in his new chap book "disGrace Notes: Confessions of a Relapsing/Remitting Catholic." We'll also hear an essay by writer Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. We'll find out how her 8-year-old daughter taught her that the phrase "I Love You" isn't always what it's cracked-up to be. You can go directly to piece at the Public Radio Exchange by clicking here. listen:
The Age of BetrayalBy Laura Knoy on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.Author Jack Beatty takes a second look at America's so-called "Gilded Age", the time of Steel Magnate Andrew Carnegie and Financier and Developer Jay Gould. He explores the role of railroads as the engine of capitalism and lays out how he believes wealth was favored over the commonwealth and how representative government gave way to bought government in the mid to late 1800s. Beatty uses history and various other scholarly works to give us a new perspective on the “revolution from above†of industrialization that forged modern America. Guests
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