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1993

Two-minute or less radio features about books and writers heard on WCBS-AM and later syndicated by the CBS Radio Stations News Service. They're simple mp3 files. Click to listen or "save as" to load onto your device. FORMAT NOTE: the sign-off has two versions: one for WCBS, the second for syndication


1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993


  • 01 Martin Cruz Smith - "Red Square" 1-4-93
  • 02 Mona Simpson - "The Lost Father" 1-7-93
  • 03 Ann Charters - "The Portable Beat Reader," republished in paperback 1-11-93
  • 04 "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," 16th edition (with editor Justin Kaplan) 1-18-93
  • 05 Joyce Maynard - "To Die For" 1-1-93
  • 06 Paul Gervais - "Extraordinary People" 2-1-93
  • 07 Sam Toperoff - "Queen of Desire" 2-4-93
  • 08 Gunter Grass - "The Call of the Toad" 2-8-93
  • 09 Ian McEwan - "Black Dogs" 2-15-92
  • 10 Michael Crighton - "Rising Sun" 2-18-93
  • 11 "The Hammond Atlas of the World" (with president Dean Hammond) 2-22-93
  • 12 Sara Paretsky - "Guardian Angel" 2-15-93
  • 13 Steve Shagan - "A Cast of Thousands" 3-1-93
  • 14 Frederick Busch - "Closing Arguments" 3-4-93
  • 15 Barry Hannah - "Bat Out of Hell" 3-8-93
  • 16 Gay Talese - "Unto the Sons" 3-11-93
  • 17 Maria Flook - "Family Night" 3-15-93
  • 18 Vladimir Nabokov (with biographer Brian Boyd, "Nabokov," Two volumes issued in paperback) 3-18-93
  • 19 Fae Myenne Ng - "Bone" 3-22-93
  • 20 Robert Stone - "Outerbridge Reach," 1992 NY Times Notable book issued in paperback 3-29-93
  • 21 Richard Bausch - "Violence" 4-8-93
  • 22 Robert MacNeil - "Burden of Desire" 4-8-93
  • 23 Edward DeGrazia, First Amendment lawyer - "Girls Lean Back Everywhere," reissued in paperback 4-19-93
  • 24 Paul Watkins - "The Promise of Light" 5-3-93
  • 25 Thomas King - "Green Grass, Running Water" 4-5-93
  • 26 Ray Bradbury - 40th anniversary of "Farenheit 451" (WCBS) 9-18-93


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