Author Archives: Doug Dangler

About Doug Dangler

Current: Host of Craft on WCBE, 90.5 FM, central Ohio's NPR station. Former: creator, host, and producer of Writers Talk

Veronica Roth’s Divergent View of Grad School

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Veronica Roth seems like one of the nicest authors I’ve talked to in a while and her Divergent series has racked up huge sales. But we did have different views on one important aspect of our shared experiences. Listen in … Continue reading →

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Thurber House author Tony Mendoza’s favorite part of America might be yours as well

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Doug Dangler

August 6 Thurber House guest Tony Mendoza has been an educator, an engineer, an architect, and an almost obsessive photographer of cats. His first book, Ernie, chronicled several months in the life of his roommate’s cat. His latest, A Cuban … Continue reading →

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The Gilded Age visits the Thurber House on July 23

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Lawyer and novelist Claire McMillan will appear with the The Thurber House on Wednesday, July 23, reading from her book Gilded Age, a modern retelling of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth. We discussed how her computer file names betray her anxieties … Continue reading →

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Thurber House Author Loves Columbus

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Doug Dangler

-Kayla Geyer When was the last time you told Columbus she was pretty? Andrew Welsh-Huggins, July 9th Thurber House author, values the beauty and intrigue of Columbus so much that when he based his novel, Fourth Down and Out, on … Continue reading →

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Ask Veronica Roth, author of Divergent, a question; win her book!

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Now is YOUR chance to ask Veronica Roth about her hit books Divergent and Insurgent and the movie version of Divergent, as well as her brand new book Four, a collection of short stories set in Roth’s dystopian Chicago told from … Continue reading →

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Superman’s Real Home Is Cleveland!

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Doug Dangler

What if I told you Superman was real? Or that some characters in the Superman comic book series were real? At the 2014 Ohioana Book Festival, Craft summer intern Kayla talked with the good-humored Brad Ricca, author of Super Boys: The … Continue reading →

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CAPA Summer Movie Series

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Next time on Craft: Cary Grant, Steve McQueen, and Alfred Hitchcock visit. It’s my talk with Rich Corsi, CAPA VP of Programming about the 2014 summer movie series. Tune in to find out what will be on the big screen this … Continue reading →

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David Giffels: So Much More than Devo and Beavis and Butthead

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Journalist and essayist David Giffels has written for the New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Grantland, and Redbook among others. His most recent book is The Hard Way on Purpose, a collection of essays about growing up near … Continue reading →

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Time for a Switchback to Celtic music

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Celtic band Switchback, Martin McCormack and Brian FitzGerald, will be in Columbus for two concerts this weekend, June 13 and 14: Friday night at Hoover House Concerts (contact Nancy Tomei at 740-965-3935 for tickets)  and Saturday night at Hey, Hey Bar and Grill. Brian … Continue reading →

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How not to starve as an artist

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Making a living as an artist has often been a challenge. I recall one smart and talented art student I knew who also earned a business degree. Why? “Because people are going to pay me for my art,” she replied. … Continue reading →

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