Literary Arts Episodes

Jonas Salk: A Life is a captivating biography of the virologist and researcher who was thrust into the limelight and shunned by the scientific community. Charlotte Jacobs does a magnificent job in describing his brilliance, h...

The New Jewish Theatre presents, A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants ! starring Eric Williams and Sharon Hunter, December 18 and 19. Eric Williams is an actor/comedian from St. Louis and has starre...

Henry Schvey 's discovery of an unknown poem by Tennessee Williams was not only a once-in-a-lifetime find but another piece of the puzzle of a man whose past continued to follow him and which helped provide the inspiration fo...

The Black Repertory Company in St. Louis just opened its 45th season. Founder and producing director Ron Himes discusses the plays for this season, the pandemic and theatre, his background forming the company, and what to ex...

Stressful times in history have not hampered the arts but in many cases enhanced the production of literature, music, and art. Chris Mullen, host of Studio 111 gives her thoughts about our current situation and what it means...

Sharon Hunter is the Producing Artistic Director of the Moonstone Theatre Company . Moonstone Theatre Company is a new professional performing arts organization in the St. Louis area. Productions will include a wide range o...

The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis is doing something unique with their performance of The Glass Menagerie this season. It is being performed in the backyard of the six-family flat where Tennessee Williams lived and th...

Director Sydnie Grosberg Ronga is back at Max and Louis Productions directing Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar . The play is based on the New York Times best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and a...

Don Marsh, veteran journalist in print, radio, and television discusses his latest novel The Damned and the Doomed . Don will be featured on opening night of the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival Spring Virtual Pop-Up on April ...

The Hill is an enduring neighborhood in the St. Louis area and has maintained its identity since the late 19th century. Generations of residents have continued to live, worship, work, and entertain together forming a unique b...

The 42nd Annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is virtual this year! Jim Bogart, co-chair of the festival describes the many wonderful participating authors. Festival author Jill Wine-Banks discusses her book, The Watergate G...

The award winning Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis overcomes the Covid dilemma of live performance in a creative way. Carrie Houk, executive artistic director and actress Elizabeth Teeter provide a look into the 2020 Fes...

Oh the wonderful smell of licorice and the giant Switzer's sign along the St. Louis riverfront! Gone but not forgotten! Patrick Murphy describes the journey and struggles of previous generations of his family as they went fro...

One of the most gruesome and heinous lynchings of the 20th century. Author Devery Anderson separates the fact and fiction of the murder of Emmett Till. His book, Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled ...

In 1867, two years before Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone founded their national suffrage organizations, Virginia Minor along with four other women founded the world's first organization dedicated to ...

In 1916 St. Louis was host to the Democratic convention and as delegates walked to the St. Louis Coliseum, they encountered a 12 block walkless and talkless parade of suffragists advocating for the voting rights of women. Au...

Artist, sculptor, and author R.H. Dick takes us back to Paris and the vibrancy he experienced of life there in his book, Utrillo's Children: A Memoir of Paris in 1969. As an artist he has been the recipient of numerous award...

In her updated book "Downtown St. Louis" NiNi Harris provides a rich background of the downtown area of the river city. She uses famous visitors and St. Louisians to tell the story of downtown from the settlement on the river...

With over 100 interviews, Jim Merkel compiled a book of memories that takes a walk through time. What was it like to live through COVID-19? Jim recorded that information in his book along with memories of visits to the 1904...

Cameron McWhirter discusses the issues that converged during the summer of 1919 which was one of the lowest points of our history. RED SUMMER reveals the ugly reality of riots, burnings, lynchings, murder, and mayhem that se...

Media icon Bernie Hayes has done a few things in his life: Print and broadcast journalist radio and television announcer columnist recording artist and producer professor author news director radio station executive Midwest p...

A native of St. Louis, James A. Williams (JayyDubb) has distinguished himself as a broadway actor, director, and educator. He originated the role of Roosevelt Hicks on Broadway in August Wilson’s "Radio Golf" and has the lea...

Author and film maker Lou Baczewski discusses his visit to France to trace his grandfather's journey as a tank driver starting from Omaha Beach through five major historic battlegrounds, including the Battle of the Bulge and ...

The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is now in year 41 and Executive Director Amy Bornstein describes the activities and authors who will be participating including Elizabeth Weitzman. In our interview, author Elizabeth Weitz...