In memoriam Michael #Silverblatt [°Aug. 6, 1952 – Feb. 14, 2026]🕯️

Michael Silverblatt, 'genius' host of KCRW literary show 'Bookworm,' dies at 73 Silverblatt’s 30-minute show, which ran from 1989 to 2022, included interviews with celebrated authors including Gore Vidal, Kazuo Ishiguro, David Foster Wallace, Susan Orlean, Joan Didion and Zadie S...

Michael #Silverblatt recorded over 1,600 interviews with authors and other literary figures, including:

Salman Rushdie, John Berger, Grace Paley, Joan Didion, Gore Vidal, Kazuo Ishiguro, Susan Sontag, W. G. Sebald, Carlos Fuentes, and Toni Morrison.

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R.I.P., Michael #Silverblatt [°Aug. 6, 1952 – Feb. 14, 2026]🕯️😔🌹

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