CJ Cook is an art collector, historian, publisher, rescuer of lost artists, and lover of the South Pacific. Suzanne Lang talks with CJ Cook on Edithe Beutler, who was one of the premier colorists during the days of black & white photography; the book is Edithe Beutler: Beautifying Hawaii with Color.
They also talk about his previous work, Leeteg: Babes, Bars, Beaches, and Black Velvet Art on the artist Edgar Leeteg, also written about in James Michener’s Rascals in Paradise. The books are well researched, a bit of fun, and contain exquisite color images of the artists’ works.
It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Sunday at 10:00am PST.
Taiwanese theater artist Stan Lai joins Suzanne Lang in conversation about his book CreativtRy: Asia’s Iconic Playwright Reveals the Art of Creativity, a best seller in Chinese which Lai completely rewrote in English and maps out the creative process which can contribute to any life endeavor.…
Suzanne Lang talks with mystery writer K.L. Murphy on her historical fiction, The Great Forgotten, centered around the 1918 train crash in Nashville Tennessee, while WWI rages, women struggle for the vote, train robbers plot, and Jim Crow affects the lives of African-Americans. Suzanne also talks…
Suzanne Lang talks with James Janko, whose remarkable novel is the Wire Walker, the story of a Palestinian Circus Girl, her friendship with a Jewish Israeli Juggler, and the realities of their lives in the current climate. Also featured is Diane Botnick with her novel Becoming Sarah, a human story…
Suzanne Lang talks with author Shelley Blanton-Stroud on the craft of writing and her latest novel, An Unlikely Prospect, set in the San Francisco publishing world near the close of WWII. Also featured is Suzanne’s conversation with Marilyn J. Zimmerman on her legal thriller, In Defense of Good…
Suzanne Lang talks with Laurel Munson Boyers on her book Across Yosemite’s Wilderness, a Trailblazing Woman’s Career Protecting the Park’s Backcountry. Also featured is Stanley A. Rice about Forgotten Landscapes, How Native Americans Created Pre-Columbian North America and What we Can Learn From…
Suzanne Lang talks with artist Stephen P. Huyler, who has traveled India for just about half a century and through photographs and capturing material objects, he highlights the culture of the subcontinent; his memoir is India, a Life. Suzanne also talks with Poet Laureate emerita Olive Senior on…