Michael Silverblatt
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Michael Silverblatt | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Broadcaster, radio personality |
Michael Silverblatt (born August 6, 1952) is a literary critic and American broadcaster who hosted Bookworm, a nationally syndicated radio program focusing on books and literature, from 1989 to 2022.[1] He recorded over 1,600 interviews with authors and other literary figures, including David Foster Wallace, Salman Rushdie, Susan Sontag, William Gass, W. G. Sebald, and John Ashbery.
Bookworm was broadcast by Los Angeles public radio station KCRW.
Early life
A lifelong voracious reader, Silverblatt was born in
Later, he moved to Los Angeles with the intention of becoming a screenwriter. But after impressing KCRW's general manager during a discussion of Russian poetry at a dinner party, he was offered his own radio show.[3]
KCRW Bookworm
On Bookworm, Silverblatt interviewed a variety of writers, including
Underwritten by the
Literary critic
Silverblatt coined the term transgressive fiction.[6]
Silverblatt's Los Angeles Times review of
Silverblatt wrote an introduction to a reissue of Kenward Elmslie's The Orchid Stories.[8]
In 2018, Silverblatt was the inaugural recipient of the Deborah Pease Prize, awarded by A Public Space magazine for being a "figure who has advanced the art of literature".[9]
In 2023, The Song Cave published Bookworm: Conversations with Michael Silverblatt,[10] a selection of notable interviews by Silverblatt.
References
- ^ George, Lynell (April 20, 1997). "The Reader". Los Angeles Times. p. E1. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ George, Lynell (April 20, 1997). "The Reader". Los Angeles Times. p. E4. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Canto, Minerva (October 23, 1999). "Bookworm". The Item (Sumter, SC). Associated Press. p. E4. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bookworm". Nrcdxas.org.
- ^ Davis, Kristy (October 2009). "The Consummate Reader". O, The Oprah Magazine.
- The Atlantic Monthly
- ^ March 1995 from Los Angeles Times
- ^ October 25 2016 from The Paris Review
- ^ "Silverblatt Wins Inaugural Pease Prize". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ March 31 2023 from Kirkus Reviews
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