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Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman
Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman
ends after six years and dozens of authors on June 13 at noon.
THE FINAL PROGRAM FEATURES
Jonathan Messinger of TimeOut Chicago
Elizabeth Taylor of the Chicago Tribune
Tom Flynn of Seminary Co-Op Books
- What to read this summer and why
- What to pre-order for Fall
- The future of book-buying
- The fuss about E-Books and E-Readers
- ...and any other literary topic of note
About the show
Chicago's "most prestigious" author interview series was inaugurated in September 2004. Since then, dozens of internationally-acclaimed writers have come to Chicago to participate in the hour-long live interview, now taped in its new location at the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library Center.
Each taped interview is free and open to the public, and is then broadcast on 98.7WFMT on the Sunday following the live event. Broadcasts begin at noon.
 Listen to past programs at http://www.victorialautman.com/ontherecord.shtml
When
- You are welcome to attend the live taping on Thursdays at 6:00 pm.
- Listen to the broadcast on 98.7WFMT or wfmt.com on Sundays at noon.
More information below.
Where
The Chicago Public Library
at the Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
Admission
Free and open to the public
Upcoming Interviews
June 10: A Conversation about the Future, Jonathan Messenger (Time Out), Elizabeth Taylor (Chicago Tribune)
and Tom Flynn (Seminary Co-Op bookstore)
(broadcast Sunday, June 13)
This Season's Interviews
September 23: Season Six Opener:
Pulitzer-prize winner Richard Russo
(broadcast Sunday, September 27)
October 22: Sherman Alexie, War Dances
(broadcast Sunday, October 25)
November 19: Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry
(broadcast Sunday, November 29)
January 14: Ha Jin, A Good Fall
(broadcast Sunday, January 17)
February 11: Wells Tower, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
(broadcast Sunday, February 14)
March 11: Lionel Shriver, So Much For That
(broadcast Sunday, March 14)
April 22: Peter Carey, Parrot & Olivier in America
(broadcast Sunday, April 25)
May 20: Jane Smiley, Private Life
(broadcast Sunday, May 23)
Past Authors
Monica Ali
Martin Amis
Alaa Al Aswany
Andrea Barrett
Russell Banks
Eric Bogosian
Augusten Burroughs
Peter Carey
Susanna Clarke
Michael Cunningham
Edwidge Danticat
Junot Diaz
Bret Easton Ellis
Nathan Englander
Louise Erdrich
Jonathan Safran Foer
Mary Gaitskill
Julia Glass
Adam Gopnik
Aleksandar Hemon
Alice Hoffman
Margo Jefferson
Edward P. Jones
Elizabeth Kostova
Anne Lamott
Michael Lowenthal
Frank McCourt
Jay McInerney
James McManus
Sue Miller
Anchee Min
Sena Jeter Naslund
Susan Orlean
Ann Packer
Arthur Phillips
Richard Price
Francine Prose
Elizabeth Smiley
Elizabeth Strout
Manil Suri
Barry Unsworth
David Wroblewski
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