© 2024

For assistance accessing the Online Public File for KAXE or KBXE, please contact: Steve Neu, IT Engineer, at 800-662-5799.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918: A New Novel by Susan Meissner "As Bright as Heaven"

www.susanmeissner.com

KAXE/KBXE focuses on the written word a lot.  Whether it's for writers with Wordish on Monday mornings at 6:50, writer essays from Steve Downing or contributors to our Sunday night program Stay Human with Michael Goldberg..... What We're Reading features author interviews and reader segments with our staff librarian Tammy Bobrowsky and Realgoodwords with Heidi Holtan features author interviews. 

Whew.  So if you need something to read or are looking to be sparked creatively, you should stay tuned to KAXE/KBXE. 

In this interview with award winning author Susan Meissner, you'll hear how Michael Small and Heidi Holtan were intrigued by her novel "As Bright As Heaven" set in Philadelphia during WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic.  Don't forget to let us know what you are reading - or join our community of readers on facebook

Heidi Holtan is Director of Content and Public Affairs. She manages producers/hosts and is the host of the KAXE Morning Show, including a variety of local content like Phenology, What We're Reading, Area Voices, Sports Page and much more, alongside Morning Edition from NPR.