Kevin Smokler and Dave Weich

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Kevin Smokler and Dave Weich

FromNotebook on Cities and Culture

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Jun 9, 2008

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Part two of our special series on the future of books and reading: conversations with writer, thinker, entrepreneur and maker of mischief Kevin Smokler [site] and Dave Weich, director of marketing and development at Portland, Oregon's Powell's Books.

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Jun 9, 2008

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(Formerly The Marketplace of Ideas.) Colin Marshall sits down for in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene all around Los Angeles and beyond.

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Litblogger and novelist Mark Sarvas: A conversation about book criticism, the Los Angeles Literary scene and Michiko Kakutani with Mark Sarvas, author of popular weblog The Elegant Variation. Harry, Revised, his first novel, hits shelves in May 2008. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On Barry Goldwater with CC Goldwater: A conversation about Barry Goldwater with CC Goldwater, the 1964 presidential candidate's granddaughter and producer of the new film Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Skeptic Michael Shermer: A conversation about economics, evolutionary biology and Ayn Rand with Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On human rights with Lynn Hunt: A conversation about the very definition of a powerful idea with Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History at UCLA and former president of the American Historical Association. Her latest book is Inventing Human Rights: A History. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Entrepreneur and blogger Ben Casnocha: A conversation about optimism, eternal studenthood and funny conservatives with entrepreneur and author Ben Casnocha. His most recent book is My Start-Up Life. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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1960s radical Cathy Wilkerson: A conversation about the 1960s with Cathy Wilkerson, former member of Students for a Democratic Society and Weatherman, whose new book is Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Something Awful editor Zack Parsons: A conversation about ridiculous military hardware and highly un-epic science fiction with Zack Parsons, editor at the popular humor site Something Awful and author of My Tank is Fight!: Deranged Inventions of World War II. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Novelist Joshua Henkin: A conversation about college towns, the importance of story and MFA programs with novelist Joshua Henkin, author of Matrimony. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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The Marketplace of Ideas live in Los Angeles: It's The Marketplace of Ideas live in Los Angeles! Come bid farewell to Dutton's Brentwood Books and watch a live taping of The Marketplace of Ideas, featuring a conversation with Mark Sarvas, noted Elegant Variation blogger and author of the upcoming... by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On book reviewing with Gail Pool: A conversation with Gail Pool, author of Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Experimental philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah: A conversation about experimental philosophy with Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and author of Experiments in Ethics. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Undercover economist Tim Harford: A conversation about speed-dating, the advantages of city life and the fun economists are having with "Undercover Economist" Tim Harford, author of The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On 20 years of The Closing of the American Mind with Roger Kimball: A conversation about Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind on the 20th anniversary of its publication with Roger Kimball, editor of The New Criterion. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On political division with David Starkey: A conversation about voting one way and living in a place that votes another with David Starkey, poet, playwright, professor of English at Santa Barbara City College and editor of Living Blue in the Red States. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Comic artist Peter Bagge: A conversation about Generation X, penciling techniques and libertarianism with Peter Bagge, creator of Hate and Apocalypse Nerd. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Science journalist Jonah Lehrer: A conversation about literature, the human brain and umami with Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large at Seed magazine and author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Bookslut founder Jessa Crispin: A conversation about food writing, Lost Girls and the disappointing DVD of David Lynch's Lost Highway with Jessa Crispin, founder and editor of Chicago-based literary webzine and blog Bookslut. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Evolutionary biologist David P. Barash: A conversation about consciousness, free will and toilet training with David P. Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington and author of Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars and Other Realities of Evolution. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Deep historian Daniel Lord Smail: A conversation about bridging the gap between history and prehistory with Daniel Lord Smail, professor of history at Harvard University and author of On Deep History and the Brain. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Spy-fi novelist Josh Conviser: A conversation about hybridizing genres, using future technology and reading Dwell magazine with Josh Conviser, author of Echelon and Empyre. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Wine journalist George M. Taber: A conversation about that most revered of all beverages and the devices that close our bottles of it with George M. Taber, wine journalist and former business editor of Time magazine. His new book is To Cork or Not to Cork: The Billion-Dollar Battle... by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Los Angeles Times Book Review editor David L. Ulin: A conversation about publishing, book criticism and LA literary culture with David L. Ulin, editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher: A conversation about the interplay between early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate School and author of Time, Space and Motion in the Age of Shakespeare. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
59 min listen
Japan expert John Nathan (part one): The first part of a conversation about life in film and literature in Japan and America with translator, filmmaker and Japan expert John Nathan, author of Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
53 min listen
Arts & Letters Daily's Denis Dutton: A conversation about the climate change debate, the evolutionary psychology of art and bad academic writing with Denis Dutton [site], founder of Arts & Letters Daily and editor of Philosophy and Literature. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Urban theorist Richard Florida: A conversation about personality, innovation and openness in cities and "mega-regions" with urban theorist Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and Who's Your City? by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Essayist, film writer, novelist and poet Phillip Lopate: A conversation about education, urbanism and Abbas Kiarostami with essayist, novelist, poet and film writer Phillip Lopate. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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The Smart Set editor Jason Wilson: A conversation about online journalism, travel writing and H.L. Mencken with Jason Wilson, editor of The Smart Set from Drexel University and The Best American Travel Writing series. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Artscience impresario David Edwards: A conversation about science, aesthetics and the crossing of disciplinary boundaries with David Edwards, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering at Harvard, author of Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation, and... by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Japan expert John Nathan (part two): The second part of a conversation about life in film and literature in Japan and America with translator, filmmaker and Japan expert John Nathan, author of Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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