Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column

717: A 2009 Interview with Congressman Sam Farr

01 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Health Care Customer's Bill of Rights -- "I'm for the single payer."

716: A 2009 Interview With Lev Grossman

31 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"... it was all about reading to me; it was about that moment when you're sitting in your room and you open a book and suddenly, you're not in your ro...

715: Three Books With Alan Cheuse

28 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Fall Preview

714: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Marta Randall Reads at SF in SF on August 22, 2009

27 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"The Dark Boy"

713: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Elizabeth Lynn Reads at SF in SF on August 22, 2009

26 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

'Dragon's Treasure'

712: A 2009 Interview with Gill Dennis at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers Conference

25 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"There are too many ifs in that sentence."

711: A 2009 Interview with David Corbett

24 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Crime is all about the individual putting himself above society."

710: Jeremy Lassen Visits Worldcon

20 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Nights and Days of Night Shade

709: Lou Anders, Conventions, and the Lost World

19 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"..they come, and they stay in the bar and nobody knows who they are..."

708: A 2009 Live Interview With Alan Cheuse

18 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"This reinforced their vision of the world as filled with many spirits"

707: A 2009 Interview With Max Byrd

17 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"...coming to Paris from provincial, colonial Virginia absolutely changed Jefferson..."

706: SF in SF Panel from July 25, 2009 – Kage Baker and Madeleine Robins

13 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I loved the character too much and brought him back, and that's why it's science fiction and not history"

705: SF in SF, July 25, 2009 – A Conversation with Kage Baker

12 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Novella, Novel and Steampunk

704: SF in SF, July 25, 2009 – and Conversation with Madeleine Robins

11 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

History in the Un-Making

703: A 2009 Interview With Ray Garton

10 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I write horror because I was a Seventh Day Adventist, because in the Seventh Day Adventist cult, you're taught to fear"

702: Squaw Valley Community of Writers Conference Panel

07 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Narrative Voice

701: A 2009 Interview With Lisa Alvarez

06 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I began to see art as a kind of activism"

700: Squaw Valley Writer's Conference Tribute: Jim Houston

05 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A Tribute to James D. Houston, 1933-2009

699: Squaw Valley Community of Writers Conference 40th Anniversary Celebration

04 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Man on the Moon

698: A 2009 Interview With Douglas Carlton Abrams

03 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Look Deep into the 'Eye of the Whale'

697: Three Books with Alan Cheuse

31 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Joyce Carol Oates, Little Bird of Heaven, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, David Eagleman, Sum, Special Guest Star: Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino

696: A 2009 Interview with Tony Broadbent – Book Passage Mystery Conference

30 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"You cannot deny history – it's just that in the West, history ended last week"

695: Madeleine Robins Reads Sarah Tolerance

29 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Hard-Boiled Alternate Regency Mystery

694: SF in SF, July 25, 2009 – Kage Baker Reads from 'The Hotel in the Sand'

28 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A Bedtime Story That Keeps You Awake

693: A 2009 Interview with Mary Roach

27 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"It's very easy for someone to put the word penis or orgasm into these databases"

692: Three, no Two Books with Alan Cheuse

24 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

: Daniel Silva, 'The Defector', Colum McCann, 'Let The Great World Spin'

691: Book Passage Mystery Conference : A 2009 Interview with Literary Agent Kimberly Cameron

22 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Deals are being made every day, it’s very healthy and the publishers are buying lots of books"

690: Book Passage Mystery Conference : Overview Interview with Karen West and Elaine Petrocelli

21 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"We want editors who are hiring"

689: A 2009 Interview with Simon Rich

20 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"A lot of my favorite comedy writers actually write horror"

688: Alan Cheuse on Writing the Textbook

17 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Drama

687: A 2009 Phone Interview with Warren Fahy

16 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Fun" and 'Fragment'

686: A Conversation with Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade Books

15 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Independent Press and E-Books; Jay Lake's Latest; Remembering Charles Brown

685: A 2009 Interview with Novella Carpenter

14 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Part of farming is having the crop go to somebody else besides you" Genre: Non-Fiction, Food, Farms, Memoir

684: A 2009 Interview with Carlos Ruiz Zafon

13 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I just write for people who like to read" Genre: Literary Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

683:Alan Cheuse on Writing the Textbook

10 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Poetry Genre: Non-Fiction, Critical Studies, Poetry

682: A 2009 Interview with Jeff Sharlet

09 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Secular Twilight: Non-Fiction, Political and Cultural Reporting

681: Agony Column News Report : Lou Anders in Conversation on SF, Games, and the Fate of Storytelling

08 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Lou Anders of Pyr Books on Media Science Fiction; Genre: Non-fiction, Genre-fiction studies, Science Fiction

680: Laurie R. King : Cities of Mystery

07 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Mystery writer Laurie R. King on Cities in Noir Fiction; Genre: Non-fiction, Genre-fiction studies, Mystery Fiction

679: A 2009 Interview with David Sedaris

05 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Sometimes your life just feels like a story" Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir

678: One Book With Alan Cheuse

03 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Writing the Textbook

677: SF in SF Panel from June 20, 2009 – Pat Murphy, Lisa Goldstein, and Michaela Roessner Hosted by Rick Kleffel

02 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Transformative Literature

676: Agony Column Podcast New Report : Michaela Roessner Interviewed at SF in SF on June 20, 2009

01 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I'm a research junkie"

675: Agony Column Podcast New Report : Pat Murphy Interviewed at SF in SF

30 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"It is not just what is on the page that determines whether it is a science fiction story or not"

674: A 2009 Interview with China Mieville

29 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I don’t think crime is a realist genre at all"

673: A Podcast Frankenstein : Pat Murphy Reads "Clap If You Believe" in 2008 and 2009

27 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Pat Murphy Reads "Clap If You Believe" in 2008 and 2009

672: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Michaela Roessner Reads at SF in SF

26 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Fish Story

671: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Pat Murphy Reads at SF in SF

25 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Clap If You Believe

670: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Lisa Goldstein Reads at SF in SF

23 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A Family

669: A 2009 Interview with Amy Stewart

22 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"A very poisonous plant, and that is not to say that you should not grow it in your yard"

668: Agony Column Exclusive -- (Around) Three Books With Alan Cheuse

19 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

'Every Man Dies Alone' by Hans Fallada and 'The Sleepwalkers' by Hermann Broch

667: Agony Column Podcast News Report – Jeff VanderMeer at Shared Worlds

18 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Speculative Fiction Camp for Teens

666: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show, March 1, 2009

17 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Deborah Grabien, Michael Boatman and Janis Bell

665: A 2009 Interview with Jedediah Berry, Part 2

16 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"It is those characters who are shown to have a real power to change things"

664: A 2009 Interview with Jedediah Berry, Part 1

15 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"It also has an interest that goes beyond solving mysteries"

663: Alan Cheuse and 'Single Scene Short Stories'

12 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

One Book, Many Lessons

662: Jeremy Lassen And Night Shade Books

11 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Bringing Back Night Shade from the Undead

661: Anne Ishii Speaks to Her Museyon

10 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Curating the Travel Guide

660: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Agony Column Broadcast Show from February 22, 2009

09 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Katakis and Xinran

659: A 2009 Interview with Guillermo Del Toro

08 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"They are essentially vermin"

658: Agony Column Podcast News Report - The BEA with Alan Cheuse

05 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Death of the Book and Other Bodily Parts

657: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Richard Kadrey Interviewed at SF in SF on May 16, 2009

04 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"What I realized I had to do for this character is throw out everything"

656: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Look at Ramayana from Mount Madonna School

03 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Epics and Students

655: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Heather Shaw Interviewed at SF in SF on May 16, 2009

02 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Flytrap

654: A 2009 Interview with Colson Whitehead

01 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Live at KUSP

653: Agony Column Podcast News Report – Three Books With Alan Cheuse

29 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

A Moveable Feast, Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway; American Rust by Philip Meyer; The Strain, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan

652: Agony Column Podcast News Report - UCSC Students Protest Budget Cuts

28 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Hunger Strike

651: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Robert Scheer On Obama and the War

27 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Who's gonna win the war?"

650: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Terry Bisson, Richard Kadrey and Heather Shaw at SF in SF, May 16, 2009

26 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Panel Discussion

649: A 2009 Interview with Logan and Noah Miller

25 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"We put our laptop on this greasy dumpster"

648: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Books with Alan Cheuse

22 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Flood by Stephen Baxter, Do Not Deny Me by Jean Thompson, Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

647: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Will Schwalbe and Cookstr

21 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Smart and Simple

646: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Heather Shaw Reads at SF in SF on May 16, 2009

20 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Little M@tch Girl

645: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Richard Kadrey Reads at SF in SF on May 16, 2009

19 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Sandman Slim

644: A 2009 Interview With Mark Arax

18 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"The process of objectivity is becoming subjective"

643: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Books With Alan Cheuse

15 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Rita Dove, 'Sonata Mulatica,' Campbell McGrath 'Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition' and Arthur Phillips, 'The Song is You'

642: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Neal Coonerty on the Live Oak Redevelopment Project

14 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

He's not just a legend, he's a local legend.

641: Agony Column Podcast News Report : The Mountain Community Theater Serves 'Breakfast of Champions'

13 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Author's Voice

640: A 2009 Interview With Ginjer Buchanan

12 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Ace Editor

639: A 2009 Interview with Sarah Waters

11 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Something very malign"

638: Agony Column Exclusive Podcast : Alan Cheuse, Three Books : Three Books by James D. Houston

10 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

'Snow Mountain Passage', 'Bird of Another Heaven' and 'Where the Light Takes Its Color from the Sea'

637: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Peter Beagle Interviewed at SF in SF, Saturday, April 18, 2009

07 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"The more fantastic a story is, the more I try to ground it."

636: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Dick Lupoff Interviewed at SF in SF, Saturday, April 18, 2009

06 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"The manuscript even disappeared"

635: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Panel Discussion with Terry Bisson, Richard Lupoff and Peter Beagle, April 18, 2009

05 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Would you call these stories fantasy or science fiction?"

634: A 2009 Interview With Andrea N. Richesin, Karen Joy Fowler and Ann Marie Feld

04 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"She has just said to me the words, I think, every mother in her wildest dreams or most terrified nightmares does not wish to hear, which is, 'I've de...

633: Agony Column Exclusive Podcast : Alan Cheuse, Three Books

01 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Amos Oz, 'Rhyming Life and Death,' Elmore Leonard, 'Road Dogs' and Rory Clements 'Martyr'

632: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Richard Lupoff Reads at SF in SF

30 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"T-Shirts"

631: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Mark Rudd at Cal State East Bay, Part 2

29 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"You don't dehumanize the enemy."

630: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Mark Rudd at Cal State East Bay, Part 1

28 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"I was kind of on my way down"

629: A 2009 Interview with Mark Rudd

27 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"It was a moment in which people felt a terrible need to do something"

628: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Books With Alan Cheuse

24 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Three Thrillers

627: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Peter Beagle Reads at SF in SF

23 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"Oakland Dragon Blues"

626: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Catching Up with Jeremy Lassen

22 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Why We Love the End of the World

625: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Brew Your Own Beer with the Zymurgeeks

21 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"You can get started for a hundred dollars worth of equipment"

624: A 2009 Interview with Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson

20 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"We can't rely upon the non-scavengers to tell us how to behave, we have to tell ourselves how to behave"

623: Agony Column Exclusive: Alan Cheuse Book Reviews

17 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Cheuse : Three Books

622:'Private Midnight' Soundtrack CD

16 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Kris Saknussemm and Clamon

621: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Lou Anders

15 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

On Steampunk, Victoriana and Elizabethan SF

620: Agony Column Radio Broadcast from February 8, 2009

14 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Chen and Sarah Powers

619: A 2009 interview with Phil Austin and Nick Danger

13 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

"That third eye is real"

618: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Laurie R. King on Fifteen Years of Bees

10 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Bees in the Bonnet