Host Joseph Lapin sat down with Anna Thomas to discuss her creative journey and her new book "Vegan Vegetarian Omnivore." Anna Thomas wrote The Vegetarian Epicure in 1973, which transformed the landscape of American cooking. She is the author,

Interview with Author and Musician Joe Clifford on Family, Work, and Creativity

Jul 10th, 2017 30m 25s

Host Joseph Lapin sat down with Joe Clifford at the 2016 Miami Book Fair to discuss the creative journey, work, and the pressures of writing, as well as many of the emotional overtones of his work. Joe Clifford is acquisitions editor for Gutter

Interview with Jennifer Haigh on Writing a Novel, Her Hometown, and "Heat and Light"

Jul 10th, 2017 16m 14s

In her fifth novel, HEAT AND LIGHT, Jennifer Haigh returns to Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a dying coal town that’s offered a second chance when the natural gas industry comes to town. It has been named a Best Book of 2016 by The New York Times, T

Interview with Author Manuel Gonzales on Writing and The Regional Office is Under Attack!

Jul 7th, 2017 21m 9s

Manuel Gonzales is the author of the novel The Regional Office is Under Attack! and the acclaimed story collection The Miniature Wife, winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and the John Gardner F

Interview with Artist Michele Oka Doner

Jul 7th, 2017 13m 45s

Host Joseph Lapin sat down with Michele Oka Doner to discuss creativity, the influence of Miami on her work, and her new book "Into the Mysterium." Michele Oka Doner is an internationally renowned artist whose career spans four decades. The bre

Interview with Nick Flynn on Creative Inspiration, Work, and "My Feelings"

Jul 6th, 2017 15m 22s

Joseph Lapin sat down with Nick Flynn to talk about his creative journey and his new poetry book "My Feelings" at the Miami Book Fair in 2016. Flynn is also the author of the books of poetry Blind Huber (2002), The Captain Asks for a Show of Ha

Interview with Legendary Poet Gary Snyder

Dec 19th, 2016 13m 12s

The Working Poet Radio Show's producer and poet Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello sat down with legendary poet Gary Snyder to talk about American poetry, work, and translation.Gary Snyder has published numerous books of poetry and prose, includin

Interview with Jill Bialosky on finding professional and creative balance and "The Prize"

Nov 16th, 2016 24m 48s

From the Miami Book Fair, Jill Bialosky, editor, poet, and novelist, sat down with host Joseph Lapin to discuss the creative life. Bialosky is currently an editor at W. W. Norton & Company, and her collections of poems are Subterranean (Alfred

Interview with Glenn Taylor on West Virginia and the Creative Life

Nov 12th, 2016 23m 3s

From the Miami Book Fair, Glenn Taylor, author and professor, sat down with host Joseph Lapin to discuss the creative life. Glenn Taylor is the author of the novels A Hanging at Cinder Bottom, The Marrowbone Marble Company and The Ballad of Tre

Interview with Les Standiford on Los Angeles, Water to the Angels, and his Creative Journey

Oct 3rd, 2016 16m 51s

At the Miami Book Fair, Joseph Lapin, host of The Working Poet Radio Show, interviewed author Les Standiford on his creative journey and his new book "Water to the Angels."

Interview with David L. Ulin on Sidewalking, Books, and the Creative Journey

Aug 31st, 2016 33m 49s

If you're familiar with the Los Angeles literary scene or are just a book aficionado, then you know David L. Ulin--author of Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles, book critic, and former book editor of the Los Angeles Times. David L. U

Interview with Colin Channer on his creative journey, Caribbean literature, and work

Aug 17th, 2016 12m 45s

At the Miami Book Fair, I interviewed Colin Channer, author of the poetry collection Providential and the novella The Girl With the Golden Shoes. We talked about Jamaica, Caribbean literature, and his creative journey.

Gail Holst-Warhaft on Creative Inspiration, Greek Culture, and the legendary Mikis Theodorakis

Jun 19th, 2016 31m 25s

Joseph Lapin, host of The Working Poet Radio Show--a podcast for creative inspiration--interviewed Gail Holst-Warhaft, a journalist, broadcaster, writer, academic, musician, poet, and independent scholar. Holst-Warhaft discussed her creative jo

Live from the Miami Book Fair Featuring John Leguizamo, Derf Backderf, and Charles Kochman

May 31st, 2016 1h 3m

The Working Poet Radio Show (WPRS) is a podcast and interview series dedicated to the working lives of creative people. Inspired by late-night talk shows, Joseph Lapin journalist, author and host of WPRS, explores the poetry that powers the cre

Interview with Kentaro Toyama, author of Geek Heresy

Apr 7th, 2016 18m 27s

I interviewed Kentaro Toyama, author, award-winning computer scientist, and former Microsoft employee, about how his new book, Geek Heresy and his creative journey. After a decade designing technologies meant to address education, health, and g

Interview with Rick Moody: The Creative Journey

Mar 28th, 2016 18m 17s

At the Miami Book Fair 2015, I interviewed Rick Moody, author of Garden State, The Ice Storm, Demonology, Hotels of North America, and more, for The Working Poet Radio Show--a podcast that explores the working lives of creative people.