Michael Silverblatt/KCRW Bookworm

Surprised there has never been a dedicated Michael Silverblatt/Bookworm thread on ILB before, considering what a beloved show it has been. Regular listeners may have noted the radio silence since last year, with no news from KCRW and many predicting the worst. Now there's a new episode, part of what sadly looks like a valedictory final feature, presented by Steve Erickson, with some snippets featuring MS meeting Gore Vidal, Maya Angelou and DFW among others

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/the-arc-of-bookworm

Current archive seems to stop at 2019. Hope a fuller library might appear one day. Is any older stuff floating around the interwebs anywhere?

and many predicting the worst.

Do you know anything more?

I love this interview with Silverblatt as a young public relations man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xrCyAPEZmQ

God, this is sick. The hanging bookcases, the bookcase built onto a closet door, the hidden closet full of plays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWxsGK7TrA

wow

Holy shit.

Thanks for these videos! I remember hearing a Lannan Foundation interview with him a few years ago (posted as a podcast) where he mentioned never having food at home, which made me imagine him at L.A. delis and coffee shops.

The Bookworm archive is so essential to the past few decades of American lit. Some favorite eps are with Robert Hass, William Vollmann, and a two-part one with John Updike.