Bookmark with Don Noble: Lee Smith (2014)
Bookmark with Don Noble
Don is joined by author Lee Smith to discuss her new novel set in Asheville, NC - Guests On Earth, which features Alabama native Zelda Fitzgerald. Don spoke with Lee in the Alabama Public Television studios in Montgomery, AL.
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Tom Franklin (2008)
Bookmark with Don Noble
Don is joined by author Tom Franklin about his works "Hell at the Breech" and "Poachers" at the University of Mississippi.
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Michelle Richmond (2009)
Bookmark with Don Noble
Don visits with author Michelle Richmond to talk about her novels "The Year of Fog" and "No One You Know" at Rock Point Books in Chattanooga, TN.
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Sena Jeter Naslund (2013)
Bookmark with Don Noble
After several volumes of fiction, Sena Jeter Naslund had her first great success with Ahab’s Wife. Since then she has published Four Spirits, Adam and Eve, and Abundance. The latter focuses on the life of Marie Antoinette. Her new novel, The Fountain of St. James Court explores the lives of both the real life artist who painted the French queen and a fictional writer who writes her novel telling the painter’s story.
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Bookmark with Don Noble: T.K. Thorne (2021)
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Retired Birmingham police captain and birmingham historian, Thorne's most recent book is Behind The Magic Curtain - secrets, spies and unsung white allies of Birmingham's Civil Rights days. Don spoke to T.K. Thorne in the Digital Media Center, on campus at the University of Alabama.
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Rick Bragg (2015)
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Rick Bragg won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1996 for his work at The New York Times. Born in Piedmont, Alabama, in 1959, Mr. Bragg is the author of two best-selling memoirs, All Over But the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man, as well as his newly released The Prince of Frogtown. He credits his writing ability to the oral storytelling of family and friends in his childhood in the Appalachian foothills of Alabama, saying: “My grandfather on my daddy’s side and my grandma on my momma’s side used to try and cuss their miseries away. They could out-cuss any damn body I have ever seen. I...
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Daniel Wallace (2013)
Bookmark with Don Noble
Alabama author Daniel Wallace joins Don Noble to talk about his new book "The Kings and Queens of Roam"
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Allan Garganus (2013)
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Allan Gurganus broke onto the American literary scene with a giant novel, The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. This week Alan joins Don to talk about his collection of three novellas - Local Souls. This episode was taped at the Alabama Booksmith in Homewood, AL.
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Theresa Fowler (2013)
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Born in Illinois the author traveled extensively as a military wife. Reading was a solace in times of strife, and led to an MFA and a career in writing. Her latest novel, her fourth, is Z, the fictionalized biography of Zelda Fitzgerald.
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Bookmark with Don Noble: Nick Taylor (2014)
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A North Carolina native now living in New York who as a non-fiction writer has been prolific and diverse. Sins of the Father is about a mobster in the witness protection program. American Made is his latest about the history of the New Deal’s WPA program. He has also written biographies of John Glenn and Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, and a book on the culture of Bass Fishing.
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