The Last Word

Host(s): 
Chris Fanning
Length: 
30 minutes
Type of Show: 
Talk

Writers & Books staff member Chris Fanning interviews local readers, writers, and W&B Teaching Artists. 

Past Episodes

  • Interview with Reenah Golden, writer, performer, and founder of the Avenue Blackbox Theatre Aired: Wednesday, November 20, 2019

    Reenah L. Golden, Founder/Artistic Director of the Avenue Blackbox Theatre is an award-winning artivist in Rochester, NY. For over 15 years Reenah has been using the power of performance and the Spoken Word publicly to affect social and political change and create new ways of thinking. She has received several local, national and international grants and awards for her work including an Edith Glick Shoolman Children’s Educational Foundation grant and Partners of the Americas Education and Culture travel grants.

  • Interview with writer, designer Tristan Tomaselli Aired: Wednesday, November 13, 2019

    Tristan Tomaselli is a science fiction writer and a member of the staff at Writers & Books.  He's studied at MCC, The College at Brockport, and The New College at Oxford University. He is currently working on a collection of short stories and a novella. He is also a self-taught graphic designer working in the field since 1993. His role as a designer was put on hold for almost a decade in response to growing dissatisfaction with the corporate culture that, by and large, controls the majority of design work.

  • Interview with author and teaching artist, Greg Gerard Aired: Wednesday, October 30, 2019

    Gregory Gerard's work has been published by Tiny Lights, Jonathan, Lake Affect, and more. His memoir, In Jupiter's Shadow, chronicles the sexual journey of a gay Catholic teen in the 1980s. Gerard lives with his husband (22 years calendarly; 6 years legally) in Rochester, NY. For more, stop by www.GregoryGerard.net.

  • David Seaburn, author of Gavin Goode Aired: Wednesday, October 23, 2019

    David B. Seaburn is a novelist. His most recent work, Parrot Talk (2017), placed second in fiction for the TAZ Author’s Awards (2017) and was short-listed for the Somerset Award in General Fiction (2018). His novel, Charlie No Face (2011), was a Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award in General Fiction (2011). He also writes a blog for Psychology Today magazine entitled, Going Out Not Knowing. Seaburn is an instructor at Writers and Books in Rochester, NY. He is a retired marriage and family therapist, psychologist and minister.

  • Chris's Linda Ronstadt Special Aired: Wednesday, October 9, 2019

    Linda Ronstadt
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    You're No Good
     

    Linda Ronstadt
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    Tumbling Dice
     

    Linda Ronstadt
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    Tracks of My Tears
     

    Linda Ronstadt
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    Heat Wave
     

    Linda Ronstadt
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    Old Paint
     

    Linda Ronstadt
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    Silver Threads and Golden Needles
     

    Linda Ronstadt
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    When Will I Be Loved
     

    Linda Ronstadt
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    Rock Me On the Water

  • Interview with CaTyra Polland: Writers Paradise Aired: Wednesday, October 9, 2019

    CaTyra Polland is a published author, entrepreneur, editor and instructor. She earned a M.A. (Criminal Justice) from SUNY Albany and B.A. from University at Buffalo (Sociology/Spanish). Her debut book, Professionalism, What’s That? and the workbook companion are available on Amazon (paperback or e-book). CaTyra is the Founder/CEO of Career Prep and Polland Enterprises, LLC. She is a 2018 Rochester Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree and a Point of Light honoree. She founded Rochester On Deck, a LinkedIn interview series featuring local residents doing good in the community.

  • The Last Word's Halloween Episode Aired: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

    Donovan
     
    Season Of The Witch
     

     
    October Country, Ray Bradbury
     
     

    The Band
     
    King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
     

     
    Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
     
     

    Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
     
    Lil' Red Riding Hood
     

     
    The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
     
     

    Dusty Springfield
     
    Spooky
     

  • Chris Fanning's Summer Playlist 1.5 Aired: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

    Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill 

    Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris

    No One To Run With - The Allman Brothers Band 

    All I Really Want To Do - Cher

    Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder

    My Heart Will Go On - Postmodern Jukebox

    Just Another Day - Lady Gaga

  • Interview with Chris Clemens Aired: Wednesday, August 21, 2019

    Chris Clemens was born and raised in Rochester, New York. With a penchant for uncovering both the popular and the less-traveled parts of Upstate New York, he writes for himself on Exploring Upstate, and occasionally for other outlets as a freelancer. He earned a Bachelors of Science from SUNY Brockport and has always worked in some capacity within the non-profit sector serving the community.

  • Interview with CaTyra Polland Aired: Wednesday, August 14, 2019

    CaTyra Polland is a published author, entrepreneur, editor and instructor. She earned a M.A. (Criminal Justice) from SUNY Albany and B.A. from University at Buffalo (Sociology/Spanish). Her debut book, Professionalism, What’s That? and the workbook companion are available on Amazon (paperback or e-book). CaTyra is the Founder/CEO of Career Prep and Polland Enterprises, LLC. She is a 2018 Rochester Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree and a Point of Light honoree. She founded Rochester On Deck, a LinkedIn interview series featuring local residents doing good in the community.

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