Michael Silverblatt’s particular genius was not in what a novel or story said, but how it went about saying it.

His public radio show, “Bookworm,” was a literary salon of the air for 33 years, drawing guests like Joan Didion, Susan Sontag and David Foster Wallace.

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 ...

Michael Silverblatt, who hosted KCRW’s “Bookworm” program for 33 years, has died after struggling with various health challenges in recent years, the station announced. He was 73. Silverblatt died ...