Sept 1 on KOOP / Sept
8 on KRTU
Graham Shelby, host
Award winning essays from Young Writers
WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS
formerly the Austin Writers' League
Previous Shows
SATURDAY, Feb. 21, 4-4:30 PM, KOOP 91.7FM.
Writing on the Air features presidents past and present of the Austin
Poetry Society. C.A. Wiles and Dillon McKinsey read from their poetry
and discuss the workings of the APS. Hosted by Ric Williams.
April 5
Gershon Blech, artist, anthropologist, educator who work with the functionally
illiterate
April 12
Joyce King, author of Hate Crime, the Story of a Dragging in Jasper,
Texas
April 19
Dr. Signey Hall, minister and author, Christian Anti-Semitism &
Paul’s Theology
April 26
June Doe, anonymous writer whose letters have been posted at Spiderhouse
(Austin) for years.
May 3
Radio Play by Bob Allegeier: The Kidnapping of Prissy Lace
May 10
Celebrates the return of Utter, the Austin reading series for literary
work in progress, with the series creator, Vicente Lozano, and director
Marcela Sulak
May 17
Lana Castle, author of Bipolar Disorder Demystified
May 24
Bee Pedersen, author of The Forty-Fitters
May 31
Readings from Sylvia Plath, William S. Burroughs, and Etheridge Knight
June 7
Dao Strom, novelist: Grass Roof, Tin Roof; Katherine Tanney interviews
June 14
Sacred Cow Productions: Austin-based creators of underground comedy; Graham
Stewart interviews
June 21
P.O.W. Poet on Watch from the Fifth Ward in Houston; Ric Williams interviews
June 28
Thom the World Poet; Krista Keosheyan interviews
July 5
“Hometown Stories” with filmmaker Gary Kent, poet Ramona Cearley,
storyteller Frances Nail. Krista Keosheyan interviews.
July 12
Sacred Cow Productions: Austin-based creators of underground comedy; Graham
Stewart interviews
July 19
Thom the World Poet. Krista Keosheyan interviews.
July 26
Craig Sullender, author, Char Front. June Doe interviews.
August 2
Writing Austin Lives; Katherine Tanney hosts
August 9
Spike Gillespie, All the Wrong Men and One Perfect Boy; June Doe interviews
August 16
Patricia Fraga & Michele Gorman on Wired for Youth program of Austin
Public Library; Ric Williams interviews
August 23
William Bryan Massey III, “Garage Poet of Cowtown”; Graham
Stewart interviews
August 30 Shawn Galleger, writer/filmmaker shares insites into worldwide film debut and local film scene; June Doe interviews
September 6
Kent Benjamin, world class pop music cognoscente, former music critic
of The Austin Chronicle, editor of Pop Culture Press; Ric Williams interviews
September 13
Farid Mohammadi, producer Texas Nafas, ACAC’s poetry journal; Teresa
Taylor, interviews
September 20
Greg Garrett, author: Freebird and Cycling; Graham Stewart interviews
September 27
Keith Kachtick, novelist: Hungry Ghost; Katherine Tanney interviews
October 4
Krista Keosheyan hosts Austin "Heart of Film" Screenwriting
Conference, Contest, and Festival, Part 1 with featured guests Barbara
Morgan, Director & Co-founder; B.J. Burrow, Screenplay Competition
Director; Trace Pitts, Conference Director.
October 11
Krista Keosheyan hosts Austin "Heart of Film" Screenwriting
Conference, Contest, and Festival, Part 2 with featured guests Wendy Wheeler,
local screenwriter & coordinator of the Austin Screenwriting Group
and Bonnie Orr, local screenwriter & teacher.
SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 4-4:30 P.M., KOOP 91.7 FM., Tune in to hear BILL MINUTAGLIO a 23-year veteran of journalism, featured author and Writers' League member, at this year's Texas Book Festival. His latest book, CITY ON FIRE, recounts a 1947 industrial explosion that killed 600 residents of Texas City, Texas, and shook the earth for miles. The tragedy may not remain a historical footnote for long. Find out who recently bought the movie rights. Interviewed by Graham Stewart.
SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 4-4:30 P.M., WRITING ON THE AIR explores the delights and frustrations of writing pop lyrics with Lee Elliott the lyricist for critically acclaimed pop group Blue Cartoon. For seven years, Elliott was a staff member for the Northern California Songwriters Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping songwriters hone their craft and gain exposure to the harsh realities of the music industry. He taught songwriting workshops at the Showcase Music Institute in San Jose, CA. Interviewed by Ric Williams.
SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 4-4:30 P.M., KOOP 91.7 FM., "Writing on the Air" is hosted by Susan Daniels with guests from the Jewish Book Festival.
SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 4-4:30 P.M., KOOP 91.7 FM., features the ever-curious delight, June Doe, interviewing or talking about the mysterious author/painter Mark Todd, author of 43 KILLINGS, ASHE MOTORS, and CATFISH HENS, who sometimes doesn't show up for interviews or exhibits.
SATURDAY, Dec. 6, 4-4:30 P.M., KOOP 91.7 FM., presents columnist, satirist, narcissist and playwright Matt Hardigree, whose first play won the HYPE award and was produced at Houston's Alley Theatre when he was only 17. His witty, biting columns for the DAILY TEXAN are syndicated to college newspapers around the country. Katherine Tanney interviews.
SATURDAY, Dec. 13, 4-4:30 P.M., KOOP 91.7 FM., Do I have to be gay to get this? June Doe covers her favorite gay authors, such as David Sedaris, author of ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY, and others.
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January 20
- Nan Cuba
- Founder Gemini Ink, writer
- February 3
- Dr. Judy Alpert
- Singer, pianist, professor, arranger, and published music researcher
- February 10
- Robert Rivard
- Editor, Express-News
- February 17
- Paulette Jiles
- Writer and Horsewoman
- February 24
- Victor Miramontes
- Businessman
- February 3 (LIVE)
- Gary Kent, interviewer
- Stacey Hasbrook, on-air producer
- Tim McCanlies, screenwriter, Dancer Texas Pop. 81, The Iron Giant
- February 10
- Graham Shelby, interviewer
- Rick Alan, on-air producer
- Evan Smith, Deputy Editor, Texas Monthly
- February 17
- Rick Alan, writer / director
- John Pipkin, on-air producer
- Rick Alan's original, one-man play
- February 24
- Shia Barnett, moderator
- Rick Alan, on-air producer
- Salute to African American Writers
- March 3 (recorded 11/29)
- Graham Shelby, interviewer
- Gary Kent, on-air producer
- Molly Ivins, political humorist, columnist, author: Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
- March 10
- Julie Koppenheffer, interviewer
- Ramona Cearley, on-air producer
- Naomi Shihab Nye, poet
- March 17
- Gary Kent, moderator (LIVE)
- Stacey Hasbrook, on-air producer
- Panel of playwrights
- March 24
- Julie Koppenheffer, interviewer
- Julie Koppenheffer, on-air producer
- Dee Seligman, Ph.D. author of content for multi-media educational programs
- March 31
- Stacey Hasbrook, interviewer
- Stacy Hasbrook, on-air producer
- Featured guest at Georgetown Writers' Conference
- April 7 (not confirmed)
- Julie Koppenheffer, interviewer
- Gary Kent, On-air producer
- Lee Gutkind, The godfather of creative non-fiction
- April 14
- Original Radio Play
- Rick Alan, Director
- Beverly Horne-on-air producer
- April 21
- Audio Anthology of Short Shorts
- John Pipkin, coordinator
- April 28
- John Pipkin, interviewer
- John Pipkin, on-air producer
- Reza Shirazi, Poet
- May 5
- Julie Koppenheffer, interviewer
- On-air producer
- Michael Morgan, publisher, webmaster, author: Publish and Grow Rich: Creating a Bestseller Step-by-Step
- May 12
- Stacey Hasbrook, interviewer
- On-air producer
- Babette Hughes, author of Lost and Found, a biography
- May 19
- Leasy Delong, interviewer
- On-air producer
- Steven Saylor, mystery writer
- May 26
- Stacey Hasbrook, moderator
- Newspaper columnists
- June 2
- John Pipkin, interviewer
- On-air producer
- Turk Pipkin, author
Sept 8 on KOOP / Sept 15 on KRTU
Laura Baker, host
Audio Anthology: Creative Nonfiction
Sept 15 on KOOP / Sept 22 on KRTU
Gary Kent, interviewer
Rick Alan, on air programmer
Laura Furman: novelist (The Shadow Line, Tuxedo Park, Ordinary Paradise:
A Memoir); short story writer (Drinking With The Cook: Stories, Watch
Time Fly: Stories); essayist; founder of the magazine: American Short
Fiction; Associate Professor of English at U.T. Austin.
Sept 22 on KOOP / Sept 29 on KRTU
Rick Alan, interviewer
John Pipkin, on-air producer
Jacques Barzun: Born in France in 1907, Jacques Barzun came to the United
States in 1920. After graduating from Columbia College, he joined the
faculty of the university, becoming Seth Low Professor of History and,
for a decade, Dean of Faculties and Provost. The author of some thirty
books, he received the Gold Medal for Criticism from the American Academy
of Arts and Letters, of which he was twice president.
Sept 29 on KOOP / Oct 6 on KRTU
Ramona Cearley, interviewer
Gary Kent, on-air producer
Keri Leigh: docent at the O'Henry Museum; journalist; author (Stevie Ray:
Soul to Soul, also wrote two books on silent films, currently working
on biography of Douglas Fairbanks); vocalist/songwriter (Keri Leigh &
The Blue Devils: Blue Devil Blues (1991), No Beginner (1993), Arrival
(1995).
October 6
Celebrating the Austin Film Society!
Raye Ward, interviewer
November 10
Bruce Campbell, author: If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a Low Budget Actor. Film actor: The Evil Dead, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn, Army of Darkness, Fargo. Television actor: "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." and "Jack of all Trades"
Gary Kent, interviewer & on-air programmer
Bruce Campbell, author: If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a Low Budget Actor. Film actor: The Evil Dead, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn, Army of Darkness, Fargo. Television actor: "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." and "Jack of all Trades"
Gary Kent, interviewer & on-air programmer
November 16, 2002
Gary Kent
w/ Andy Straka
Andy Straka, author of the Frank Pavlicecik mystery series, believes falcons
and private eyes make a potent literary mix. He discusses the sport of
falconry and the art of crime in a conversation with interviewer Gary
Kent over Writing On The Air, a program of the Writer's League of Texas
Radio Collective. Straka was a recent nominee for both Anthony and Agatha
awards, and was a guest speaker at the Bouchercon 2002 in Austin.
November 17
Joshua Mandlebaum, Advertising Associate, Poets & Writers Magazine
Ramona Cearley, interviewer
Beverly Horne, on-air programmer
November 23, 2002
Katherine Tanney
w/ Dale Rice, Part II
food critic, Austin American-Statesman
November 24
David Lindsey, mystery and suspense novelist: Black Gold Red Death, A
Cold Mind, Heat From Another Sun, Spiral, In the Lake of the Moon, Mercy,
Body of Truth, An Absence of Light, Requiem for a Glass Heart, The Color
of Night, Animosity
Teresa Taylor, interviewer
Rick Alan, on-air programmer
November 30
Graham Stewart
w/ Viola Canales, Kim Jones, and students
A McAllen native, Viola Canales has worked as a litigation and trial attorney
and as a community organizer for the United Farm Workers. Orange Candy
Slices and Other Secret Tales is her first book. A novel, Angels with
Mexican Faces, and a children's book, A Child's Christmas in Machical
Mexico, are forthcoming. In September 2002 she visited Austin's LBJ High
School to discuss the craft of writing with Kim Jones and her students.
Canales and Jones discuss the outcome of this collaboration. Student guests
TBA.
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