Bibliocracy

Host: Andrew Tonkovich

Bibliocracy Radio is a weekly half-hour books discussion and interview program hosted by Santa Monica Review editor Andrew Tonkovich featuring writers of literary fiction and nonfiction, poetry, memoir and cultural criticism. Recent guests have included novelist and short story writer Michelle Latiolais (She), Ross Macdonal biographer Tom Nolan (Meanwhile There are Letters), poets Dawn McGuire and Paul Willis, historian Jeremy McCarter (Young Radicals in the War for American Ideals), naturalist Charles Hood (A Californian's Guide to the Birds Among Us), Los Angeles Times editorial director Nicholas Goldberg (Our Dishonest President) and On the Media's Brooke Gladstone. The show airs Tuesdays at 2 PM as part of KPFK's literary arts and culture strip of programming M-F at 2 PM.

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The show is also available as a podcast.

"Hungry man, reach for the book: It is a weapon." - Brecht

Theme music: "Black and White" by Earl Robinson and David Arkin
Link: http://bibliocracyradio.blogspot.com

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