Air Date: 07/03/97

Host Don Noble interviews novelist and playwright William Cobb, author of "Harry Reunited," "Coming of Age at the Y," and "A Walk Through Fire." Cobb is writer in residence at Montevallo University.

Host Don Noble interviews Montgomery native Judith Paterson about her critically acclaimed memoir, "Sweet Mystery."

Air Date: 07/17/97

Alabama writer Don Keith has written novels about two subjects that are dear to him: football ("The Forever Season") and radio ("Wizard of the Wind.") Host Don Noble talks with Keith about his books.

Air Date: 07/24/97

Elba, Ala., native Bob Inman’s novels and teleplays include "Home Fires Burning," "The Summer of Ben Tyler," and "Dairy Queen Days." He talks with host Don Noble about giving up his job as news anchorman to write full time.

Air Date: 07/31/97

Host Don Noble talks with Frye Gaillard, who was raised in Mobile and now lives in North Carolina. Journalist/author Frye Gaillard has written about many subjects including country music, Habitat for Humanity, Jimmy Carter, and Kyle Petty.

Air Date: 08/07/97

Host Don Noble interviews two first-time novelists, Ashley Warlick ("The Distance From the Heart of Things") and Cynthia Shearer ("The Wonder Book of the Air.")

Air Date: 08/14/97

Anne Rivers Siddons lives in Atlanta and sets many of her novels there. Don Noble talks with her about her recent book "Faultlines," writing about the Civil Rights movement, and her days as a student in Alabama.

Air Date: 08/28/97

Host Don Noble talks with two North Carolina writers: Fred Chappell, who has long written about the people and places of his native Piedmont; and Nancy Peacock, author of "Life Without Water."

Air Date: 09/24/97

There’s no consensus on what it should be called—new journalism or literary non-fiction—but all agree Gay Talese helped invent it. Host Don Noble asks Talese about his many books of reporting and his days as a student at the Univ. of AL.

Air Date: 09/11/97

Nan Talese, one of the most admired and respected editors in publishing, talks with host Don Noble about many of the writers she has worked with.

Air Date: 09/18/97