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

India’s social and sexual revolution

Journalist Sally Howard has written for The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, and Forbes on topics such as travel and celebrities like Daryl Hannah, Jimmy Choo, and Colin Firth. Read more about her at her website or follow her on Twitter @wanderingsal. … Continue reading

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Laura Bickle: Ohioana Book Festival Featured author

Ohioana Book Festival featured author Laura Bickle has a serious investment in crime, since she has a dual background in criminology and library science (hey, library fees are serious in my house). Her novel, The Hallowed Ones, follows an Amish heroine … Continue reading

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Lynn Cullen: Evenings with Authors

Did Edgar Allan Poe have an affair with an aspiring poet? Thurber House guest Lynn Cullen makes some guesses at the Poe mystery with her historical novel Mrs. Poe. She’ll be at the Thurber House on Tuesday, May 6. In … Continue reading

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Matt Kish: A Whale of a Book

Ohioana Book Festival featured author Matt Kish likes big projects – big like a whale projects. He created one illustration for each page of Moby Dick, and then did the same thing for each page of Heart of Darkness. After … Continue reading

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Put Pleased To Meet Me on your must see list

Pleased to Meet Me the movie had its Columbus, Ohio, premiere last Saturday and I talked with director/cowriter Archie Borders and director of photography Michael Fitzer afterwards. Check it out on Youtube to learn about how the movie was made … Continue reading

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Patty Larkin

Singer-songwriter Patty Larkin is renowned for her guitar work as well as songwriting. She is touring in support of the release of her 14th recording, Still Green, the writing and recording of which we discussed on Craft. CAPA presents Patty Larkin … Continue reading

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Charlene Fix: Poet and paper aficionado

How can you tell when a poet is getting ready to do a lot of writing? Like birds nesting in the spring, he or she will start to gather paper. Or so it was with Columbus College of Art and … Continue reading

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Confirmed: JK Rowling interview next week!

I’ll interview JK Rowling next week about her new book, Wizarding for Dummies! This will be her first non-fiction book and the first to lay bare the physics and real-world applications of many of the events within her books. Harry … Continue reading

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Ready to take a bike ride across the United States?

Bruce Weber was. And his book Life is a Wheel: Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America is the result. We discussed why anyone would want to undertake such a trip, especially when one has already done it once. … Continue reading

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Time To See a Starry Night

Part 2 of the double header this week on Craft: My interview with Amy Raubenolt. On Sunday, April 6 from 2-6pm, Westerville South High School will host Starry Night, which its organizers, Amy Raubenolt and Michael Wander, describe as a … Continue reading

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