Suzanne Lang talks with best-selling author Samantha Rose on her memoir Giving Up the Ghost, a Daughter’s Memoir. Samantha is the daughter of author and syndicated columnist Susan Swartz, who died by suicide in early 2020. Also featured is a conversation Suzanne had with Swartz on her first novel, Laughing in the Dark, which had just been released at the time of her death. It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, March 16th at 10am PDT on KRCB 104.9.

CJ Cook is an art collector, historian, publisher, rescuer of lost artists, and lover of the South Pacific. Suzanne Lang talks with CJ Cook on Edithe Beutler, who was one of the premier colorists during the days of black & white photography; the book is Edithe Beutler: Beautifying Hawaii with Color. They also talk about his previous work, Leeteg: Babes, Bars, Beaches, and Black Velvet Art on the artist Edgar Leeteg, also written about in James Michener’s Rascals in Paradise. The books are

George Romero, creator of Night of the Living Dead, has a new book out. He himself has been dead since 2017, but with the help of best-selling author Daniel Kraus, who found the unfinished manuscript and put it together, we do have Pay the Piper, which is decidedly not about zombies, but it does bring in the supernatural nonetheless. Join Suzanne Lang in conversation with Daniel Kraus on George Romero’s final book. Also featured is Elizabeth Reed Aden with her science based thriller, The Goldilocks

Africa in the early 1960’s was a place of transitions, political and personal. Suzanne Lang talks with Elaine Neil Orr on her novel, Dancing Woman, set in Nigeria during a time of political unrest and explores the longing of an energetic and artistic wife of an agricultural aid worker. Als o featured is Suzanne’s conversation with Rosemary Manchester on her memoir of life in the Congo during the revolution from Belgian rule, Turn Left at the Big Anthill. A Novel Idea, Sunday, February 2 nd at 10am

Suzanne Lang talks with activist and author Alice Rothchild, whose own feminist enlightenment was gained by persevering through a male dominated medical field to become an OB/GYN who reshaped women’s health through her subsequent work. She tells her story, in Inspired and Outraged, the Making of a Feminist Physician , a memoir in free verse. Also featured is Susan Muaddi Darraj with her novel Behind You is the Sea, a story of the Palestinian diaspora set in a Palestinian American community in

Suzanne Lang talks with activist and author Alice Rothchild, whose own feminist enlightenment was gained by persevering through a male dominated medical field to become an OB/GYN who reshaped women’s health through her subsequent work. She tells her story, in Inspired and Outraged, the Making of a Feminist Physician , a memoir in free verse. Also featured is Susan Muaddi Darraj with her novel Behind You is the Sea, a story of the Palestinian diaspora set in a Palestinian American community in

Suzanne Lang talks with Eiren Caffall, a writer who also has a hereditary illness. She writes of the environment’s wounds that affect the life and health of our planet and of our ocean’s through the lens of her own life, struggles, and ultimate optimism, in her book The Mourner’s Bestiary. Amory Patrick Blaine joins Suzanne to talk about Book 1 of the trilogy American Renaissance, or Inquiry Concerning Political Justice in the Arts & its Influence on Morals and Happiness, a playful and

Suzanne Lang talks with Eiren Caffall, a writer who also has a hereditary illness. She writes of the environment’s wounds that affect the life and health of our planet and of our ocean’s through the lens of her own life, struggles, and ultimate optimism, in her book The Mourner’s Bestiary. Amory Patrick Blaine joins Suzanne to talk about Book 1 of the trilogy American Renaissance, or Inquiry Concerning Political Justice in the Arts & its Influence on Morals and Happiness, a playful and

Suzanne Lang brings you her conversation with trauma surgeon and policy advisor Brian H Williams about his intense and eye-opening revelations in his book The Bodies Keep Coming, Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal. Also featured is Candi Milo, voice over artist you probably heard on TV and film in her many cartoon roles, and she tells her story in Surviving the Odd, a memoir of growing up in a half way house, run by her dad, a New York entertainer who decided

Suzanne Lang brings you her conversation with trauma surgeon and policy advisor Brian H Williams about his intense and eye-opening revelations in his book The Bodies Keep Coming, Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal. Also featured is Candi Milo, voice over artist you probably heard on TV and film in her many cartoon roles, and she tells her story in Surviving the Odd, a memoir of growing up in a half way house, run by her dad, a New York entertainer who decided

Suzanne Lang welcomes internationally acclaimed journalist and PBS & NPR commentator David Tereshchuk to talk about his memoir A Question of Paternity, My Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter. David has reported from all over the world, but his journalistic skills could not open the mystery of who his father was. Also featured is author and Emmy award winning documentarian Stephen Most with his book River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin. Four dams have just been removed from the

Suzanne Lang welcomes internationally acclaimed journalist and PBS & NPR commentator David Tereshchuk to talk about his memoir A Question of Paternity, My Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter. David has reported from all over the world, but his journalistic skills could not open the mystery of who his father was. Also featured is author and Emmy award winning documentarian Stephen Most with his book River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin. Four dams have just been removed from the

Discovering Tony Rice is the biography of the virtuosic and enigmatic bluegrass guitarist, Tony Rice. Suzanne Lang talks with its author, Bill Amatneek, who is also a musician and played bass with the David Grisman Quintet, among others. Also featured is Jessi Haley, Editorial Director of Cita Press, an online library focused on discovery and rediscovery of female authors who may have been forgotten, marginalized, or simply un-discovered by contemporary readers. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and

Discovering Tony Rice is the biography of the virtuosic and enigmatic bluegrass guitarist, Tony Rice. Suzanne Lang talks with its author, Bill Amatneek, who is also a musician and played bass with the David Grisman Quintet, among others. Also featured is Jessi Haley, Editorial Director of Cita Press, an online library focused on discovery and rediscovery of female authors who may have been forgotten, marginalized, or simply un-discovered by contemporary readers. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and

Suzanne Lang talks with Pelumi Olatinpo -poet, activist, and entrepreneur, who has created a poetic form called the Soneta. Six lines on a page. Ten words per line. Within that, a universe of expression. He brings this to us in his recent publication expressing what it means to be human in the 21 st century, Poeta: Sonetas and Sonnets. Also featured are Naomi Ko and Cade Palmer, youth Poet Ambassadors working with the Marin County Youth Poet Laureate program, and the program’s coordinator, Maxine

Suzanne Lang talks with Pelumi Olatinpo -poet, activist, and entrepreneur, who has created a poetic form called the Soneta. Six lines on a page. Ten words per line. Within that, a universe of expression. He brings this to us in his recent publication expressing what it means to be human in the 21 st century, Poeta: Sonetas and Sonnets. Also featured are Naomi Ko and Cade Palmer, youth Poet Ambassadors working with the Marin County Youth Poet Laureate program, and the program’s coordinator, Maxine

Sheri T. Joseph joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her award winning novel, Edge of the Known World, set in the near future where geopolitics only vaguely resembles our own, and blood, DNA, and family loyalties challenge the global power structures. Barbara L Baer talks with Suzanne on her latest novel, Masha and Alejandro Crossing Borders, which follows the plight of an immigrant family who move to Trinity County California, looking for a more affordable life and encountering a segment of

Sheri T. Joseph joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her award winning novel, Edge of the Known World, set in the near future where geopolitics only vaguely resembles our own, and blood, DNA, and family loyalties challenge the global power structures. Barbara L Baer talks with Suzanne on her latest novel, Masha and Alejandro Crossing Borders, which follows the plight of an immigrant family who move to Trinity County California, looking for a more affordable life and encountering a segment of

Voices of writers, voices of creative, accomplished women have gotten lost in the fog of other people’s fame, and mostly by the conventions and male-centric perspective that permeated the 20 th century literary scene in America. Iris Jamal Dunkle intends to change that and joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her current biography, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, and her previous book, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and

Voices of writers, voices of creative, accomplished women have gotten lost in the fog of other people’s fame, and mostly by the conventions and male-centric perspective that permeated the 20 th century literary scene in America. Iris Jamal Dunkle intends to change that and joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on her current biography, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, and her previous book, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer. It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and