Nearly fifty authors have appeared so far on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan (also available on iTunes). Click either link and listen to your favorites from the shows on PDX.AM! And, please! Let me know your favorite guests! I’ve interviewed bestselling authors from Chuck Palahniuk and Chelsea Cain, to Deepak Chopra and Sylvia Browne. Who would you love to hear on my show?
Diana’s Audition for Oprah
Diana auditioned for her own talk show on the Oprah Network.
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The Hottest Writing Group in Portland!
The pressure is now on to produce. To write. To bring in pages. It’s a great and wonderful pressure. Akin to adrenaline.
Check out Jeff Baker’s fabulous story on Workshop – it’s where I go every Thursday night:
Time for Truth – Or – Have You Seen 444 Lately?
Time for Truth: A New Beginning
By Nick Bunick
Published September 1, 2010 (Paperback) Hay House
It is Time for Truth. This sense – mandate, almost – seems to be flying from all directions. And, Nick Bunick’s book may be a harbinger.
You may remember Nick Bunick from his best-selling book The Messengers. In it, he revealed that he was Paul, Jeshua’s friend. I interviewed Nick about that book. I remember reading The Messengers, and as I closed the book, which was stuffed with references of the number 444, indicating angelic presence, I looked up and saw the clock – precisely 4:44. I ended up being interviewed by USA Today about Nick. I’ll have a chance tomorrow to interview Nick about Time for Truth. Read the rest of this entry »
Chapter 62: Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger
This week – Monday, August 30, 2010:
You want love? Here’s love! Veteran journalist Sam Kashner and acclaimed biographer and poet Nancy Schoenberger (who also happen to be husband and wife) bring us FURIOUS LOVE: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century – a riveting account of this legendary romance. You will hear Nancy and Sam read some of Burton’s private poetic letters to Taylor.
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The Atlas of Love – Playful, Literary, Lovely Book
The Atlas of Love
By Laurie Frankel
Published August 17, 2010 (Hardcover) St. Martin’s Press
Maybe I loved The Atlas of Love because it felt like a friend’s journal I’d picked up and accidentally opened to the first page. And couldn’t stop reading it until page 35 or so, still standing, and then it was too late. So I read the whole thing, feeling guilty, as if I’d eaten a carton of Ben and Jerry’s at one sitting. Not that I’ve ever done that. But I also felt pleased, because of the light humor laced in with the literary configurations.
Maybe I loved The Atlas of Love because Read the rest of this entry »
Open Book Chapter 61: Sue Frederick
This week – Monday, August 23, 2010:
Are you doing work you love? Career Intuitive Sue Frederick blends numerology with astrology in I See Your Dream Job to zero in on your dream job.
Open Book with Diana Page Jordan is a weekly interview and talk show broadcast on pdx.fm, focusing on interviews with best-selling authors, both local to Portland Oregon and national.
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Next Time You’re Called A Bozo, Say Thank You
The Man Behind the Nose: Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Tales
By Larry “Bozo” Harmon with writer Thomas Scott McKenzie
Published August 17, 2010 (Hardcover) It Books/Igniter
My writing friends tell me to read other memoirs while writing my own. So I read Bozo’s, The Man Behind the Nose. At 83AAA, those are big shoes to fill!
Larry Harmon didn’t have anything holding him back. Except maybe for growing up in Cleveland. His life is a blueprint for how to create your dreams. Read the rest of this entry »
Open Book Chapter 61: Mary Karr
This week – Monday, August 16, 2010:
Lit – the brilliantly titled memoir by Mary Karr – joins the bestselling memoirs The Liar’s Club and Cherry. Karr opens up about her life and her writing on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan. We reprise the popular chapter for you. Enjoy!
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A Delicious Summer Read!
Insatiable
By Meg Cabot
Published on June 8, 2010 (Hardcover) William Morrow
The only thing I regret about Insatiable - is that I waited two months to read it. It’s been in my hands all this while…
Open Book Chapter 60: Justin Cronin
This week – Monday, August 9, 2010:
The Passage by Justin Cronin – amazes and delights even the literary giant Stephen King. Justin talks with Diana about his nearly 800-page apocalyptic book on OPEN BOOK WITH DIANA PAGE JORDAN.
Open Book with Diana Page Jordan is a weekly interview and talk show broadcast on pdx.fm, focusing on interviews with best-selling authors, both local to Portland Oregon and national.
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If You Dream of Being a Writer, Here’s How
The auspicious theme of the Willamette Writers Conference – “the future’s so bright” - set the bar high. Nearly 900 attendees showed up this weekend. Now we can boast of dreams coming true.
The trick falls in networking your way to a deal, to an agent, to the promise that a literary or film person of power will read your work.
And, magic happened. Read the rest of this entry »
Were You Born to Be a Writer?
101 Things I Learned in Film School
By Neil Landau
Published May 20, 2010 (Hardcover) Grand Central
Neil Landau says 101 Things I Learned in Film School is designed to inspire you to write – it’s not intended to encourage you to skip film school.
Neil was in Portland on book tour a few months ago, and I aired his interview today because his book pulls together two aspects of a major Portland event. Read the rest of this entry »
