Mon 17 Dec 2018
Podcast Noted: Interview with Pulp Writer FRANK BONHAM.
Posted by Steve under Authors , Interviews , Podcasts , Pulp Fiction , Western Fiction[3] Comments
I received the email below from Bill Pronzini today. Frank Bonham (1914-1988) was primarily a western writer, but he also wrote mysteries and science fiction, as well as a number of Young Adult novels. His career began in the pulps, which is where the interview begins. (His first published story was “Green Parrot,” which appeared in The Phantom Detective, September 1936.)
Back in 1986 I co-hosted an interview with Frank Bonham that has been re-edited and just re-released on Berkeley’s KPFA radio station. Here’s a link to the new podcast that you might want to post on M*F. Frank’s reminiscences and anecdotes, especially those about the pulps and such writers and editors as Ed Earl Repp, Robert Leslie Bellem, and “Cap” Shaw, are absorbing and informative.
https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/the-probabilities-archive-frank-bonham-1914-1986/
Best,
Bill
December 17th, 2018 at 8:55 pm
A fascinating interview with someone who knew many of the great pulp writers and was their peer. Thanks for posting!
December 18th, 2018 at 10:19 am
Yes, for pulp fans, this is like coming across buried treasure. Personally, I didn’t realize that Frank Bonham’s pulp roots went back as far as it did.
December 18th, 2018 at 8:02 pm
Thanks for posting this. I read quite a bit of Bonham but knew nothing about him.