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Michael Cart talks about historical fiction

Infopeople — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:01:09 +0000

In his latest podcast Infopeople’s resident book guy muses about historical fiction (and a bit of non-fiction as well), focusing on some titles from his personal past.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Caro, Robert. The Years of Lyndon Johnson. Costain, Thomas B. The Black Rose. Costain, Thomas B. The Tontine. Dumas, [...]

Michael Cart on the Writer’s Life

Infopeople — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:47:33 +0000

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s resident writer and book maven Michael Cart talks about the writing life.

Michael Cart talks about the art of biography

Infopeople — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:29:22 +0000

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart discusses the art (or is it a science?) of biography.

Titles mentioned in this podcast:

Burns, Mary Mehlman. CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND THEIR CREATORS Partridge, Elizabeth. JOHN LENNON: ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME: The Life and [...]

Michael Cart takes a look at the world of hip hop lit

Infopeople — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:49:24 +0000

In this eclectic podcast, Infopeople’s bookmeister Michael Cart talks about hip hop lit (aka street lit or urban lit) then segues to, among other things, graphic novels and the always controversial topic of the world of ebook publishing and pricing.

Cited in this podcast:

Brown, Claude. Manchild in the Promised Land. New [...]

Michael Cart discusses the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

Infopeople — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:11 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart reports on the appointment of America’s new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers. He also looks at some new words and phrases that entered our vocabulary in 2011, and talks about the great mystery writer Agatha Christie!

Cited in the podcast:

Grant [...]

Michael Cart talks about the best books of 2011

Infopeople — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:45:06 +0000

In this podcast, Michael Cart, Infopeople’s resident book maven, talks about the best books of the year 2011.

Titles and articles mentioned:

Best Books: Ann Patchett. STATE OF WONDER Stephen King. 11/22/63 Robert K. Massie. CATHERINE THE GREAT My favorite: Carol Birch. JAMRACH’S MENAGERIE Review in Booklist, 5/15/2011 George R. R. Martin: A [...]

Michael Cart looks at some recent award winning writers & books

Infopeople — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:40 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s indefatigable book reviewer Michael Cart looks at the 2011 Nobel Prizewinner for literature, Sweden’s Tomas Tranströmer. He also takes a look at the National Book Awards and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and some other odds and ends (a Mister Ed movie?!).

Michael Cart reads from his book in progress, just in time for the holidays!

Infopeople — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:24:31 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident book maven Michael Cart offers an original twist to this podcast reading a holiday chapter from his novel in progress. Happy Holidays!

Michael Cart remembers writer Anne McCaffrey

Infopeople — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:37:23 +0000

In this podcast, Michael Cart reflects on the writing of the late Anne McCaffrey, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. Switching topics, he then discusses who really wrote the Shakespeare canon, along with some other interesting tidbits.

Other books and articles mentioned in this podcast:

The Ship Who Sang [...]

Michael Cart looks at the digital future of books

Infopeople — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:31:15 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart discusses the digital future for books. Hint: He’s not happy.

Mentioned:

Bosman, Julie. “E-Book Revolution Upends a Course,” New York Times, July 17, 2011.