Author Archives: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Novelist Tim O’Brien with Marrie Stone on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM

Posted January 27 2019 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Iconic Vietnam War novelist and short story writer Tim O’Brien (author of The Things They Carried, In the Lake of the Woods, Going After Cacciato, and more) joins Marrie Stone for the hour to talk about memory, truth, storytelling, mortality and more. O’Brien shares his philosophy that the sound of the story—its cadence, rhythm, and music—should be its guiding principle. He also discusses his revisitation of Hemingway’s work and the powerful persistence of childhood memories.

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(Broadcast date: January 23, 2019)

Novelists David R. Gillham and Janet Clare on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM

Posted January 18 2019 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

David R. Gillham, author of Annelies, a novel based on Anne Frank and who she might have been had she lived, and Janet Clare, author of the novel, Time is the Longest Distance, about a woman who learns her father is an Aussie, and goes to find him, are my guests on this latest episode of Writers on Writing.

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(Broadcast date: January 16, 2019)

Memoirist Beth M. Howard on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM, at the UC-Irvine campus

Posted January 4 2019 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Memoirist Beth M. Howard, author of Hausfrau Honeymoon, and I talk about her new memoir, a prequel to Making Piece, on KUCI-FM 88.9. The show is first broadcast from UC-Irvine Campus and later podcast on iTunes. Subscribe to the show on iTunes and when a new show is uploaded, you’ll receive it in your podcast file.

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(Broadcast date: January 2, 2019)

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