Fourth Messenger and the Migration Crisis

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Doug Dangler

To celebrate the release of The Fourth Messenger, I’m hosting the Craft Book Giveaway Bonanza during the Saturday, November 14, broadcast of my interview with Tanya Shaffer and Vienna Teng!

The broadcast is paired with a great discussion of the 2015 Migration Crisis from Ohio State’s History Talk.

To receive one of the 6-book bundles, be one of the first people to post a comment below, something like “I love WCBE!” or “Vienna Teng rocks” (for pickup at 540 Jack Gibbs Blvd during normal business hours).

Here’s the list of great books I’ll be giving away!

1411 Quite Interesting Facts To Knock You Sideways John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, And James Harkins
 A Taste For Killing Nikkol Jelenic
 Ask Him Why Catherine Ryan Hyde
 Bad English: A History Of Linguistic Aggravation Ammon Shea
Beyond On The Horizon Ryan Ireland
Bullshit: A Lexicon Mark Peters
 Capital Dames Cokie Roberts
 Come Away With Me Karma Brown
 Dear Mr Essay Writer Guy: Advice And Confessions On Writing, Love, And Cannibals Dinty W Moore
 Field Guide To Awkward Silences (2) Alexandra Petri
Hangman’s Game: A Nick Gallo Mystery Bill Syken
 Hitler At Home Despina Stratigakos
 How To Start A Fire (2) Lisa Lutz
I’m From Nowhere Suzanne Myers
 In Some Other World, Maybe Sheri Goldhagen
 Pain The Board Game Simpson Starkweather
 Scrapper Matt Bell
 Sleep Walker Catherine Frazier
 Taste Of The Town Todd Blackledge
 The Dead Key DM Pulley
 The Gilded Life Of Matilda Duplaine Alex Brunkhorst
The Girl With The Wrong Name Barnabas Miller
 The Good Girl Mary Kubica
The Guard Peter Terrin
 The Gurkhas’ Daughter Prajwal Parajuly
The Last Summer At Chelsea Beach Pam Jenoff
 The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned From A Remarkable Bird Tom Michell
The Tears Of Dark Water Corban Addison
The Walking Dead Wizard World Exclusive Comic

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Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler’s Wife author brings the ghosts

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Ray Bradbury and the apocalypse. Edgar Allen Poe and pet abuse. Nothing sentimental or lovely: Audrey Niffenegger’s latest book, Ghostly, will haunt your reading hours. Listen in for her discussion of the writing, loss, and which story she’d have most liked to have authored. CAUTION: ghostly interfere shortened our interview, so take special care with your computer when downloading this episode.

 

Catch her in Columbus with the Thurber House on November 11.

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Mike Vial: Balancing joy, sadness, and teaching as a songwriter

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Having, like Sting, left the teaching of English to follow his passion as a singer-songwriter, Mike Vial has developed a variety of new songs, new techniques, and new artistic outlets to enhance his music. Lately, he’s turned to writing haikus to stay sane and he shared some of these, along with the most requested performer in his set once listeners learn he’s from Michigan (nope, sadly it’s not Bob Seger).

Mike Vial will be in town with Six String Concerts on Friday, November 13th.

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Top two reasons to be fearful: The Craft Halloween 2015 Show Stories

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Doug Dangler

DOug2Happy Halloween. It’s time to face your fears: not run from them like this guy. –>

So listen to the Craft Halloween special with stories from Lucy A Snyder and Doug Dangler, and voice work from Columbus actor Christina Yoho, OSU student Roxanne Knepp,  WCBE’s Heather Anderson, and WCBE intern Claire Green-Lauber.

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Get Wicked with Gregory Maguire

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Gregory Maguire is the author of the bestselling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a reimagining of the Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch’s point of view. It’s also the basis for the very popular Broadway musical. He’s out with a new novel, After Alice, his take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Listen in to hear his take on children’s literature designed to “save their little rotten souls” and religious value of a lethal peach pit.

Catch him in town this Thursday, October 29, at the Thurber House.

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Herb Bellamy and David Brown at Ohio Comic Con

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Screen Shot 2015-10-25 at 3.22.13 PMPart one of my video interviews at the Ohio Comic Con this fall. Herb Bellamy and David Brown tell me about comics, how they work and how they started reading them. Enjoy!

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October 24 Comedy special

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Back by unpopular demand: an hour of Craft on the mighty WCBE! Featuring Sarah Vowell, performers from the 2015 Columbus Improv Festival, and Ohio State University comics, it will broadcast at 3 pm on October 24 – unless you know the magical password, which is crafttheshow.com!

Enjoy

DD

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How to get a free copy of Sarah Vowell’s new book

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Doug Dangler
Sarah Vowell

Sarah Vowell

Her voice is like no one else’s, and so is her writing: Sarah Vowell has a new book releasing on October 20: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. What questions would you ask her about life, writing, and what made Lafayette such an irresistible subject for her book? If I use your question during the interview, you’ll get a copy of her new book free!

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Sloane Crosley: “cracked in the head”

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Doug Dangler

SloaneCrosleyWEBCelebrated essayist and bestselling author Sloane Crosley has made the genre leap to fiction with her latest The Clasp. Listen in to learn what made her realize she is part of a group that is “cracked in the head:” authors. Explore the Thurber House schedule for more great writers

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Caroline Cotter: How Craft led to a Great Song

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Doug Dangler

CotterCaroline Cotter, in town with Six String Concerts, has a secret weapon for songwriting inspiration: crafting. Listen in to hear how her love of creating things led to her writing one of her favorite songs, La Marionette.

 

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