Writers on a New England Stage

Dave Barry

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:21:32 +0000

The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist joins us with his first solo adult novel in over a decade – the darkly comic Insane City. The book is a riotous tale of a destination wedding gone awry with Russian gangsters, angry strippers, a pimp as big as the Death Star, a very desperate Haitian refugee on the run with her two children from some very bad men, and an eleven-foot Burmese albino python named Blossom.

Author Elizabeth Gilbert Talks Marriage

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:15:03 +0000

It's Valentine's Day, and we're talking about love in its many forms and literary interpretations. In 2011, we sat down with Elizabeth Gilbert for writers on a New England Stage to discuss her follow up to “Eat Pray Love.” That book was a fixture on the New York Times bestseller list for more than two years and was adapted into a film starring Julia Roberts.

John Irving

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:38:51 +0000

From the youth spent at Philips Exeter Academy that pervades his body of work, through his studies with Kurt Vonnegut at the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop – known for producing authors the like of Pulitzer winners John Cheever and Philip Roth - John Winslow Irving has emerged as a true literary heavyweight, distinctly American of voice, and one of the most influential cultural exports to come out of New Hampshire.

Jared Diamond

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:38:02 +0000

Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel, takes the stage to discuss his latest foray into a field he has made his own -- a biological analysis of human history.

Writers on a New England Stage: Jeffrey Toobin

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:00:00 +0000

As senior legal analyst for CNN, staff writer for the New Yorker, and the author of The Nine, Jeffrey Toobin knows more than a few things about and more than a few people inside the United States Supreme Court.

Writers on a New England Stage: Salman Rushdie

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Today, prize-winning author Salman Rushdie enjoys a life in the public eye and a literary career rife with accolades, using his work to examine the cultural connection - and disconnection - between East and West and the history and experiences of Asian diaspora, all through the lens of magical realism.

Circumstances have not always been that way.

Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Matthews

Virginia Prescott — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Chris Matthews is best known for his opinionated and combative style on his MSNBC program, "Hardball with Chris Matthews."

What's lesser known is that he's a former print journalist, was a long-time aide to Tip O'Neill, and that he grew up in an Irish Catholic family...of Republicans. All this played no small part in sewing the seeds of his admiration for a man he'd later write two books about, John F. Kennedy.

Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Cleave

Virginia Prescott — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:25:48 +0000

Chris Cleave is a columnist for the UK's Guardian newspaper and author of Incendiary and Little Bee.

Writers on a New England Stage: Joan Didion

Virginia Prescott — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0000

The venerable writer reads from her new book, Blue Nights, and sits down to talk about her life, her many losses, and how writing helped her cope.

Writers on a New England Stage: Joan Didion

NHPR Staff — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Joan Didion joins NHPR's Virginia Prescott for Writers on a New England Stage on Tuesday, June 19.

Writers on a New England Stage: Anna Quindlen

Virginia Prescott — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:20:25 +0000

The prolific author and columnist reads from her memoir "Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake," and talks about her life as a mother, wife, writer, and daughter.

Writers on a New England Stage: Dan Brown

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:01:37 +0000

The Da Vinci Code author talks about his role in the continuing debate between religion and science.

Writers on a New England Stage: Erik Larson

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:32:37 +0000

Bestselling author Erik Larson, discussing “In the Garden of Beasts” live at the Portsmouth Music Hall for the Writers on a New England Stage Series. Virginia Prescott talks with him about isolationism, the accuracy of eyewitnesses, and the dual nature of discovering new stories in Nazi Germany.

Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Matthews

Virginia Prescott — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:35:20 +0000

The former journalist and political talk show personality opens up about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero."

Writers on a New England Stage: Stephen King

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:46:44 +0000

Stephen King reads from "The Dome" and gets personal in a live interview.