© 2024
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Book Picks - The Bookloft

This week's Book Picks lists comes from Giovanni Boivin, Owner of The Bookloft in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

List:
BATTERY LIFE by Brennan Gilpatrick & Gregory Lang
WITCH KING by Martha Wells
THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER by Mikki Brammer
MY MURDER by Katie Williams - Pub Date 6/6
EDISON’S GHOSTS by Katie Spalding
SMALL MERCIES by Dennis Lehane
CHLORINE by Jade Song

Stay Connected
Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
Related Content
  • On Thursday, May 25, WAMC announced the retirement of founding President and CEO Alan Chartock. A modified Roundtable Panel assembled featuring Joe Donahue, Selma Kaplan, Libby Post, and Mike Spain. They congratulated Alan on his decades of service and to shared stories with listeners. This week's RTPWiR features excerpts from that morning's broadcast.
  • From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author Ted Conover comes "Cheap Land Colorado," a passage through an America lived wild and off the grid, where along with independence and stunning views come fierce winds, neighbors with criminal pasts, and minimal government and medical services.
  • SPAC President and CEO Elizabeth Sobol and VP of Education Dennis Moench join us to talk about upcoming events at SPAC and the SPAC School of the Arts.
  • Last week we spoke to playwright Mark St. Germain about his new play, "The Happiest Man on Earth" which has its World Premiere preview tonight and runs through June 17 at the Barrington Stage Company’s St. Germain Stage in Pittsfield. "The Happiest Man on Earth" is based on the memoir of the same name by Eddie Jaku and stars Kenneth Tigar as Eddie.
  • Yaddo is a nonprofit retreat for artists in Saratoga Springs, New York with the mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.Notoriously private for the sake of the artists and their work - we wanted to take the opportunity today to share information about some public facing events on the horizon.
  • Actor, producer, and current Co-Artistic Director at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago Glenn Davis joined us to talk about Rajiv Joseph's "King James," directed by Kenny Leon. The play is having its New York debut as Manhattan Theatre Club presents Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Center Theatre Group's "King James” off-Broadway at City Center.