Huntington Hartford, Maurice Druon, Edward Stone, James Britt Donovan, and...
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Irita Van Doren announces that the first speaker must leave immediately after...
View ArticleGeulah Cohen
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.November 11, 1964Geulah Cohen, broadcaster and member of Stern Gang which fought...
View ArticleGore Vidal, Louis Auchincloss, David Lilienthal
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier mentions that three visitors from the USSR are in attendance. He...
View ArticleWilliam Redfield, Han Suyin, and Marquis Childs
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1965-uu-uu.This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain...
View ArticleMarya Mannes, Morris West, Willard Wirtz
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Marya Mannes discusses her book "Will It Sell." She speaks of being a woman and...
View ArticleAuthors and Critics Gathering
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Excerpt of gathering before major book reviewers. Rex Stout acts as emcee. First...
View ArticleArthur Clarke, John D. Rockefeller III, and Henry A. Barnes
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Program opens with Irita Van Doren introducing the Luncheon guests and overseeing...
View ArticleTheodore Sorensen
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.From the card catalog: Theodore C. Sorensen speaks concerning his Kennedy...
View ArticleEisenhower Press Conference
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Begins abruptly. Eisenhower speaks about books he has written, but does not call...
View ArticleRichard J. Whalen, Sammy Davis Jr., and Theodore Sorensen
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Richard J Whalen discusses civic duty and a sense of history in New York. He...
View ArticleJules Feiffer, Alfred Kazin, Arthur Schlesinger
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier introduces Village Voice cartoonist Jules Feiffer. Feiffer the...
View ArticleArthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Discussion of "A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House" by Arthur M....
View ArticleDavid Schoenbrun, Bennett Cerf, and Barbara Tuchman
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier welcomes journalist Janet Flanner, Genet, to the podium to...
View ArticleCindy Adams
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.From card catalog: Cindy Adams, author of "Sukarno" speaks on that person; Joey...
View ArticleRex Stout, Helen Hayes, and William O. Douglas
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier introduces Rex Stout, author of the Nero Wolfe mysteries, the most...
View ArticleBel Kaufman
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Author of "Up the Down Staircase," Bel begins her talk by mentioning that her...
View ArticleCaroline Bird, Eric Berne, and Elie Abel
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier introduces Caroline Bird, author of "The Invisible Scar," a work...
View ArticleA. E. Hotchner, Marguerite Young, and Arthur Goldberg
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier introduces A.E. Hotchner, the author of the biography "Papa...
View ArticleRowland Evans and Robert Novak, Rebecca West, and Sam Levenson
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Rowland Evans and Robert Novak discuss their biography of President Lyndon...
View ArticleRobert Crichton, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Garson Kanin
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier introduces the day's first speaker, Robert Crichton, who discusses...
View ArticleLouis Auchincloss, William Atwood, and Leo Rosten
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Maurice Dolbier introduces attorney and author Louis Auchincloss, who discusses...
View ArticleSvetlana Alliluyeva
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda...
View ArticleChet Huntley, Marc Connelly, and Abe Fortas
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.Opens with talk by Chet Huntley, NBC news anchorman and author of "The Generous...
View ArticleEileen Simpson
Eileen Simpson discusses her book, Reversals . She recalls her own experience with dyslexia.WNYC archives id: 73097
View ArticleWilliam Orton Tewson - WNYC Literary Critic (1928-1934)
W. O. Tewson was an editor and literary critic heard regularly on WNYC between March, 1928 and September, 1934 discussing literature and books. He wrote for The New York Times, Hearst newspapers, and...
View ArticleHow To Spot the Big Fish, and More Advice to the Upwardly Mobile Social Climber
Dirk Wittenborn and Jazz Johnson talk about their collaboration, The Social Climber's Bible: A Book of Manners, Practical Tips, and Spiritual Advice for the Upwardly Mobil. The book includes tips such...
View ArticleCritics, Authors, and Trivial Pursuits - a 1953 WNYC Book Fest Quiz
*Update - we've taken portions of the original quiz and made a version of our own! You can access it here. We're taking it a little easier on you by giving you answers to choose from, rather than...
View ArticleStephen Birmingham; Roger Hilsman; John Kenneth Galbraith
Maurice Dolbier acts as emcee at this Books and Authors Luncheon. Stephen Birmingham, speaks about New York's great Jewish banking families and his book about them, " Our Crowd"; Roger Hilsman, speaks...
View ArticleThe Readable Steve Allen
Steve Allen's short story collection Fourteen for Tonight is the ostensible reason for his appearance at this 1956 Books and Authors Luncheon, where the "Tonight Show" host treated assembled guests...
View ArticleLouis Auchincloss Asks, "What is Serious Fiction?"
In this 1964 talk, Louis Auchincloss, author of the new book The Rector of Justin, describes the great themes facing writers and offers generous advice to those of his profession. "What is it about?"...
View ArticleCartoonist Jules Feiffer Probes the Intellectual Depth of Comics and Pop...
At a Books and Authors Luncheon featuring such literary establishment figures as the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the literary critic Alfred Kazin, a 36-year-old cartoonist gets up to speak....
View ArticleWe All Sag in the Middle: The Delightfully Indignant Edna Ferber
Popular best-sellers of the day, Edna Ferber's books also provided the stories for influential plays, musicals, and films. At this 1958 Books and Authors Luncheon, she talks about her new book, Ice...
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Glenway Wescott's Images of Truth
Breaking a seventeen year silence, Glenway Wescott talks about his new book, Images of Truth, at this 1962 Books and Authors Luncheon. The gap seems almost as much a topic of conversation as what he...
View ArticleMarshall McLuhan, Ralph Salerno, Peg Bracken
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1969-uu-uu.ARC Identifier: 132325 Local Identifier: 306-EN-Z-T-5681...
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W. H. Auden, Herbert Kubly, and John O'Hara Speak at the 1956 National Book...
W.H. Auden and John O'Hara prove true to form in this recording of the 1956 National Book Awards. Auden, receiving the award for his collection The Shield of Achilles, is modest and professorial. He...
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Three Big Books
You can lose yourself, WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us, in three enormous coffee table books - no coffee table required. Here is the next Fishko Files. The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop...
View ArticleTruman Captoe
Truman Capote reads an excerpt from "Children on Their Birthdays" on Contemporary Literary Masters. This story was first published in 1948 and appears in the collection "A Tree of Night and Other...
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1956 National Book Awards, Part 2 - Senator John F. Kennedy
JFK addresses his colleagues. Or are they his adversaries? In this speech at the 1956 National Book Awards, the junior senator from Massachusetts would appear to be among his fellow writers. As the...
View ArticleEyewitness: The Negro in American History, An Interview with William Loren Katz
Richard Pyatt interviews William Loren Katz about his recent publication, Eyewitness: The Negro in American History and working with the Arno Press to reissue rare books on African American history,...
View ArticleSummer Reading 2017: Nonfiction
You might think "novel" when you think of summer reading, but nonfiction titles can be just as enthralling for your time off.Dana Williams, chair of the Department of English at Howard University,...
View ArticleNational Book Awards - Sixteenth Annual Awards Presention
This is a recording of the The National Book Committee presentation of the 16th Annual National Book Awards, hosted by Donald McGannon, President of the Book Committee. Awards are presented to:...
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Moss Hart, Act One
Moss Hart charms in this 1959 meeting of the Book and Author Luncheon. Hart is here to plug his new memoir, Act One. With his wife, the actress Kitty Carlisle, as well as the publisher Bennett Cerf and...
View ArticleReading and Guessing
Guest Marshall McLuhan says that, because every word has so many meanings, to read is to guess. As a result, sometimes even radio professionals like Bob Landers make mistakes in their readings!WNYC...
View ArticleSohnya Sayres
Writer Sohnya Sayres discusses the book The Sixties Without Apology, a collection of essays by and interviews with partisans of the 1960s including Sol Yurick, Stanley Aronowitz, Frederic Jameson,...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics, New Jersey Politics, Trump's Pick for SCOTUS, Our...
Coming up on today's show:Molly Ball, national political correspondent, TIME , discusses the latest national political news.Matt Friedman, reporter for Politico New Jersey and author of New Jersey...
View ArticleNational Book Awards - Seventeenth Annual Awards Presentation
This is a recording of the The National Book Committee presentation of the 17th Annual National Book Awards, hosted by Mason Gross at the Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall. Awards are presented to:...
View ArticleIs Nothing Sacred? Hidden Cameras in Mens rooms; Who's reading the news?;...
Sunday, May 31, 1998 How far will your local TV news go to get ratings? Stations across the country are taking hidden cameras into public restrooms. Find out why on the next On the Media. Also: can...
View ArticleStarr Gazing; Turner 4 PREZ!; Media on Media; Magazine-Advertiser Conflicts...
Sunday, November 22, 1998 Kenneth Starr testifies before congress... will the press continue to have a different take than the public? This week, On the Media probes the people and the press on their...
View ArticleBert Britton
Burt Britton discusses his 1976 book Self-Portrait: Book People Picture Themselves, a collection of self-portraits by well-known writers, editors, and publishers.WNYC archives id: 72999
View ArticleWriters Who Read and Readers Who Write
Author, book dealer, and the event's host, Larry McMurtry, discusses writers who read and readers who write with the authors Maureen Howard and Robert Stone. WNYC archives id: 8539
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