IN HOUSE radio

So, I’ve been a little busy, these past 24 hours. Yesterday I had three interviews – two in which I was the interviewer for my new radio show, IN HOUSE, and one in which I was being interviewed about my book, Outtakes from a Marriage. I’ve gotten so caught up in this radio thing that I was a little confused when the other radio hosts asked me questions about my book.

“What’s that you say?” I wanted to ask, “Am I to understand that I have written some sort of …book?”

My first IN HOUSE interview of the day was with dynamic accessories design duo Richard Lambertson and John Truex who described the way they started their business in their Chelsea loft, with animal skins and patterns and orders strewn everywhere. Then I visited the home of the great film director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus) who described the way he watched the Nazis remove his parents from his childhood Bohemian home and how he ended up in his beloved country home in Connecticut.

The day before, I visited the home of bestselling (mega-selling) author Jane Green. Jane’s charming book, The Beach House, is about a Nantucket house that brings people together, and in real life, it was actually a beach house that united Jane with her partner Ian Warburg.

So when will you be able to listen to IN HOUSE? Possibly later today! We are working out a few last-minute glitches but you should be able to hear my interview with Richard LaGravanese later today. I will post a link so you can hear the whole broadcast here on my website!

In my first IN HOUSE episode, screenwriter/director Richard LaGravanese (The Fisher King, Bridges of Madison Country, Freedom Writers) discusses the way the offbeat zaniness of his home’s previous owners added to its appeal for him. “They were going through a divorce,” Richard recalls, “and they would mix up a pitcher of martinis and decide to paint a room, but would only paint parts of the room. They’d paint around the sofa….they painted the fireplace purple…”

Richard’s charming antique Connecticut home – the first he’s ever owned – is a far cry from the series of drafty apartments he inhabited as a child in Brooklyn and he discusses the important role the home workspace plays in the life of a writer.

So tune in! I’m going to send updates to my mailing list so if you haven’t added your name, just go to my home page and click on “Mailing List” and sign up to hear about future broadcasts!