Episodes

  • Cover to Cover: Jovelyn’s Bistro – Welcomes RW Fields, Author of Mullet Man

    Cover to Cover: Jovelyn’s Bistro – Welcomes RW Fields, Author of Mullet Man
    Jun 9 2026
    RW Fields is an 82 years old author who proves that creativity, humor, and new adventures do not have an expiration date. His book Mullet Man is a heartfelt and humorous story that explores friendship, reinvention, and embracing who you are at every stage of life. It’s a story that reminds readers that getting older doesn’t mean life gets smaller — sometimes it gets more interesting, more meaningful, and even more fun. Mullet Man is a unique and heartfelt story that really emphasizes the friendship between two very different people — separated by both age and socioeconomic background. One is older, set in his ways and shaped by a very different era, while the other is younger and navigating a completely different world financially, socially, and culturally. What develops between them is an unexpected friendship that crosses generational and class lines, and it becomes a story about dignity, understanding, and how people from completely different walks of life can still profoundly impact each other The post Cover to Cover: Jovelyn’s Bistro – Welcomes RW Fields, Author of Mullet Man appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Author, Jacqueline Lamba: The Forgotten Surrealist

    Author, Jacqueline Lamba: The Forgotten Surrealist
    Jun 2 2026
    Cover to Cover: Jovelyn’s Bistro, welcomes Salomon Grimberg. Grimberg is an art historian, psychiatrist, and biographer based in Dallas, Texas. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Frida Kahlo and the Surrealist movement, with a distinguished body of scholarship that brings both rigorous and deep psychological insight to the lives of modern art’s most complex figures. In today’s episode Jovelyn and Salomon are in conversation in his latest biography: Jacquueline Lamba: the Forgotten Surrealist. The post Author, Jacqueline Lamba: The Forgotten Surrealist appeared first on KPFA.
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    30 mins
  • Prose Pizza, Collection of Nine Short Stories, by Cynthia Schumacher

    Prose Pizza, Collection of Nine Short Stories, by Cynthia Schumacher
    May 26 2026
    Cynthia Schumacher is well into her 90’s and is still writing and publishing books at a solid pace. After retiring as a teacher of 33 years, and then serving as an education advocate, she took to penning three children’s books and seven collections of stirring poetry. Now, at age 97, she has released her first book of short stories, Prose Pizza. “I try to shed light on the hidden, amazing layers that exist under ordinary people’s public lives,” says Schumacher. “These slices of life vary in tone and style, but come together as a coherent, nourishing whole.” Prose Pizza is a collection of nine short stories, exploring themes like hidden desires, identity, and social expectations through ordinary lives, with a style described as charming and insightful. The book uses the metaphor of pizza to represent the many “slices” or perspectives on life, marriage, and individual behavior, offering readers a variety of short, thoughtful pieces. Story themes include: private desires, social expectations, aging, identity, marriage, and the extraordinary within the ordinary. These stories, originally written 60 years ago, represent the slices of life. The post Prose Pizza, Collection of Nine Short Stories, by Cynthia Schumacher appeared first on KPFA.
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  • A Secret Chord, Jovelyn’s Bistro – April 28, 2026

    A Secret Chord, Jovelyn’s Bistro – April 28, 2026
    Apr 28 2026
    On today’s show, Amy Friedman and Victor Trille discuss the release of the latest Anthology: A Secret Cord written by young adults of The Pathfinder Network. The Pathfinders Network provides justice-system-impacted individuals and families the tools and support they need to be safe and to thrive in their communities. Join me in Jovelyn’s Bistro to end April Poetry month and celebrate the voices of young adults. The post A Secret Chord, Jovelyn’s Bistro – April 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Cover to Cover – Jovelyn’s Bistro Guest P.K. Edgewater

    Cover to Cover – Jovelyn’s Bistro Guest P.K. Edgewater
    Apr 21 2026
    Novelist P.K. Edgewater continues with his debut novel: Passages The post Cover to Cover – Jovelyn’s Bistro Guest P.K. Edgewater appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Cover to Cover – April 14, 2026

    Cover to Cover – April 14, 2026
    Apr 14 2026
    A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jovelyn Richards. The post Cover to Cover – April 14, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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    30 mins
  • Cover to Cover – April 7, 2026

    Cover to Cover – April 7, 2026
    Apr 7 2026
    A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jovelyn Richards. The post Cover to Cover – April 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Cover to Cover – March 31, 2026

    Cover to Cover – March 31, 2026
    Mar 31 2026
    A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jovelyn Richards. The post Cover to Cover – March 31, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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    30 mins