Join Monica and special guest host Paul Gandy as they welcome former Fairfield resident Jessica Hawthorne-Castro to Writers' Voices.

Hawthorne-Castro was formerly a successful television literary agent for Hollywood's Endeavor Agency, representing writers, directors and producers for television and feature films. In this capacity, she assisted the creators of several top-rated TV programs, such as Entourage, The Office, Heroes, 24, and Law and Order. Jessica has since joined forces with her father, Tim Hawthorne, as the next generation of Hawthorne Direct, a Fairfield-based full-service television advertising agency.  read more »

Former Fairfielder Galen Saturley speaks with Writers' Voices host Monica Hadley about his offerings in Blue Tree Publishing's Portrait of a Restaurant series (www.thebluetree.com). These beautiful books break new ground by combining

art photography and recipes, focusing on the best restaurants in a specific town. Galen recently published Portrait of a Restaurant: Cambridge and is working on two more books in the series.

Writer's Voices airs Friday at 1 pm and is rebroadcast Monday morning at 8 am.

Gangaji is an American-born spiritual teacher dedicated to sharing the path of freedom through simple and direct self-inquiry, as taught by the legendary sage Sri Ramana Maharshi of India. In 1990, Gangaji (then Antoinette Roberson Varner) entered this lineage through Sri H.W.L. Poonjaji. Since that time,she has traveled the world, holding gatherings and retreats with spiritual seekers of all faiths.

Join Monica and Caroline on Writers' Voices this Monday at 8am for a live interview with Gangaji to celebrate the publication by Soundstrue.com of a collector's edition of You Are That, first shared more than a decade ago and now updated to include both original volumes, a new introduction, rare photographs, and new insights. This special edition delves into natural inquiries about our existence, including the nature of mind, how to expose the core of suffering, and how to overcome the last obstacle of self-doubt.  read more »

Writers' Voices with Monica and Caroline continues their November theme of women's wisdom with this week's guest, award-winning author and international speaker, Jennifer Read Hawthorne.

Jennifer is co-author of four bestselling books, including Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul. Both books reached #1 on the New York Times and #1 and #2 on USA Today’s best-seller lists and continue to be among the most popular of all books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

As an author and self-esteem expert, Jennifer has appeared on CNN, Sally Jesse Raphael, Pure Oxygen, and hundreds of national, regional and local TV and radio shows. She has been featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and writes articles for national magazines such as Ladies Home Journal.

Join Monica and Caroline Monday Nov 12 at 8am for a conversation with Jennifer about her new book, "Life Lessons for Loving the Way you Live," and how she came to write it.  read more »

Monica and Caroline's guest on Writers' Voices this week is Huston Diehl, professor of English at the University of Iowa and author of "Dream Not of Other Worlds: Teaching in a Segregated Elementary School, 1970," published by the University of Iowa Press.

When Huston Diehl began teaching a fourth-grade class in a "Negro" elementary school in rural Louisa County, Virginia, the school's white superintendent assured her that he didn't expect her to teach "those children" anything.

She soon discovered how these low expectations, widely shared by the white community, impeded her students' ability to learn."

Check out www.uiowapress.org for more information.

Rebroadcast Monday October 22 at 8 am.

Writers' Voices with Monica and Caroline kicks off a month of interviews with the authors and editors of the University of Iowa Press this week. Listen in Friday October 5 at 1 pm or Monday October 8 at 8 am as Holly Carver, director of Iowa’s only university press (www.uiowapress.org ), discusses how she and her staff choose books for publication.

As Director of the University of Iowa Press, Ms. Carver is responsible for acquisitions and finance for 35-40 titles per year.

In addition to acting as liaison between the Press and university administration, she works closely with in-house colleagues to coordinate all stages of editing, design, production, and marketing for each title. She is also directing the Press' ventures into electronic publishing.
Prior to joining the U of I Press in 1985, Ms. Carver was a manuscript editor at the University of Texas Press in Austin.  read more »

March 30 - Robert Fitzgerald, author of "Signs of the Times"

April 6 - Ken Roseboro, organic food industry newsletter publisher and author

If you have suggestions for future guests and shows, we'd love to hear them!

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Join us on March 2 at 1 pm for Writers' Voices with Monica and Caroline.  Our guest this week is Cindy Buck, co-author of "Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul", and editor of "The Soul of Success: A Woman's Guide to Authentic Power" and other books.  Cindy will talk about her experiences writing, publishing, editing and teaching, including what she has learned about how to make a living as a writer.

Also, I'd like to thank everyone who has told us that they enjoy the show - it's sure nice to know you're listening!  If you have suggestions for future guests, please email me at writersvoices@kruufm.com.

What I've learned so far from hosting Writers' Voices- the most important part of being a radio host is finding the right guests. And so far, I'd say that's my biggest talent. Our guests have been articulate, interesting and enthusiastic, and that makes our job pretty easy. So far, finding talented writers to interview in this community (including a few expatriates) is a breeze. So far, my mother (Caroline Kilbourn) and I have interviewed:

• Chrystel Kohl and Paul Merrill on the benefits of a Writers' Group.
• Marcy Luikart on attending Writing Conferences and breaking into the literary short fiction market. Cheryl Fusco Johnson on teaching and mentoring children's writers, with a second appearance on the best books on writing.
• Nancy Mellon on storytelling as a healing modality.
• Julie Stephens and Chris Menkemeyer on the writing of Tom Robbins
• Diane Frank on the poetic novel
• Carol Klein on editing anthologies and today's show (which you can hear Monday morning at 8 am) -
• Linda Egenes on the career path of a freelance writer.

Thanks to each and every one of them - and stay tuned for more!