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Marrie and I hope that today you will call between 9 and 10 a.m. PT to donate to KUCI during our annual fund drive. The station hangs in the balance, and needs to raise funds. Your donation is tax deductible and we have books, CDs, tickets (if you’re local) as premiums. Call 949 UCI-KUCI this morning and I’ll be there, answering phones. And thanks for your steady support over these 11 years.

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Thanks to Bruce Miller, Cindy Cooksey and Taurean Watkins for donating to the station during the fund drive. The fund drive will be on next Weds., too, though you can call anytime and donate, and go to www.kuci.org, as well. Just indicate that you’re donating for “Writers on Writing.” (You can also contact Marrie or me off hours and we’ll take your donation.) If you listen to the show or podcast and find it valuable, Marrie and I hope that you will donate. The smallest amount–$10!–helps. We still have books (and CDs and gift certs., etc., as premiums.)

The university doesn’t fund the station and we’re finding it more and more difficult, financially. Please help us stay on the air. (The podcasts are a direct result of the on-air show.) Unless, of course, you don’t listen and don’t care, and then if the show goes away, you won’t notice….; } And thanks…

Marrie Stone interviews L.A. Times 2008 Book Award Winner Zoe Ferraris, author of Finding Nouf: A Novel, winner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and Dennis Palumbo, author of From Crime to Crime.

To see all L.A Times 2008 Book Award winners, click here. Congratulations Zoe!

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(Broadcast date: Aug 13, 2008)

We’re moving into fund drive time, which, unlike many public radio stations, occurs only once a year. This coming Weds., April 29, from 9 – 10 a.m., we’re asking (and praying for) you to call and make a donation to the station. There’s more and more pressure from the university to raise money, to pay the bills, the electricity, the phone, to keep the station running. My co-host Marrie Stone and I will be there, with noir/suspense writer Tom Epperson, and lots of books to give away. Your donation is tax-deductible. Please call between 9 and 10 a.m. Pacific time on Weds. 949 UCI-KUCI. We’d love to hear from you.

Marrie Stone interviews Lauren Groff, author of Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 4, 2009)

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Martha Lawrence, author of Pisces Rising (Elizabeth Chase Mysteries).

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(Broadcast date: September 28, 2000)

I heard NPR commentator Melissa Block the other day talking about photographer Helen Levitt who just died at 95 years old. One of the few times I managed to write down an URL as I was driving and today I saw it in my book. You can listen, or read, here. And of course look at the photos. I love that one of the white girl and black boy dancing in a New York street.