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Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Deanna Larson speaks to Marie Mutsuki Mockett, author of the debut novel,
Picking Bones from Ash, published by Graywolf Press, which was shortlisted for the 2010 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.
Nashville Public Library’s Deanna Larson talks to Ira Rosofsky, author of Nasty, Brutish, and Long: Adventures in Old Age and the World of Eldercare. Rosofsky is a psychologist who tells an old-age story about healthcare for the elderly. Questions for the author were submitted by Library members participating in the Early Bird Book Club.
Nasty Brutish and Long : Ira Rosofsky Interview
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Journalist Martha Frankel grew up in the Bronx and Queens, among a family of devoted and addicted gamblers. Nashville Public Library’s Deanna Larson interviews Frankel about her new memoir.
Martha Frankel interview
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