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Author Kyle Semmel on his debut novel, “The Book of Losman”

Two men sit at a table in a radio talk show studio: the man on the left is bald and has a grey beard and is wearing glasses, a blue blazer and a white button down shirt; the man on the right has short dark hair, is wearing a blue long sleeved button down shirt and is holding a black book with white lettering on the cover.
David Griffin
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WXXI News
Kyle Semmel on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Local author and translator Kyle Semmel’s debut novel, “The Book of Losman,” is officially available today.

The novel follows Daniel Losman, an American working as a book translator in Copenhagen who goes to great lengths to cure his Tourette syndrome. The work is fiction, but Semmel says some pieces of the story are true to his own life.

This hour, we sit down with Semmel to discuss the book and his craft.

Our guest:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.