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January 01, 1990 - January 28, 2013 + Bookworm
Joyce Carol Oates: A Widow's Story 
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Unable to sleep after her husband, Ray Smith, died three years ago, Joyce Carol Oates spent the night keeping a journal of her day to...
Eileen Myles: Inferno (A Poet's Novel)
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Fearless Eileen Myles discusses her fears in this autobiographical novel.
Diane Ackerman: One Hundred Names for Love
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When Diane Ackerman's husband, Paul West, suffered a stroke, the couple had to learn a new way to communicate. That led him to write a...
Marjorie Garber: The Use and Abuse of Literature
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While the Bookworm and Harvard literary theorist Marjorie
Garber disagree about nearly everything, theirs is one of the most diverting literary debates you'll likely hear.
Manuel Munoz: What You See in the Dark
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What You See in the Dark (Algonquin)
Manuel Muñoz imagines a crime of passion set in the Central Valley, which he deviously juxtaposes with the mayhem...
David Lipsky and Rick Moody: David Foster Wallace's 'The Pale King'
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When David Foster Wallace died, he left behind drafts of a rich and complex novel. Writers Rick Moody and David Lipsky discuss Wallace's achievement, The...
Michelle Latiolais: Widow
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Widow: Stories (Bellevue Literary Press)Michelle Latiolais wrote some of these stories before the death of her husband, some later. Her emotional register changed markedly after...
Ann Beattie: The New Yorker Stories
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The New Yorker Stories (Scribner)This collection, which spans the years 1974-2006, contains all of the Anne Beattie stories published in the New Yorker – from...
Carlos Fuentes: Destiny and Desire, Part II
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A second program with Carlos Fuentes, this one about culture and politics: Will narco-politics defeat government? Will a "New Deal" be negotiated to help the...
Carlos Fuentes: Destiny and Desire, Part I
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Destiny and Desire (Random House)
The great Mexican writer modestly confides that yes, he has completed a new novel but it's really the same story, just...
Ralph Sassone: The Intimates
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The Intimates (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)Ralph Sassone, a first novelist, on the vicissitudes of — what else — the first novel.
T.C. Boyle: When the Killing's Done
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When the Killing's Done (Viking)T.C. Boyle's newest novel contains elements of sea-adventure story and eco-thriller. Bringing together the themes of his life's work, he explores...
Mark Richard: House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home
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House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)Busy writing for film and television, for his first book in over a decade,...
Tatjana Soli: The Lotus Eaters
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The Lotus Eaters (St. Martin's Griffen)
Ten years ago when Tatjana Soli began to write her novel about female journalists in Viet Nam, she was warned...
Joseph McElroy: Night Soul and Other Stories
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Night Soul and Other Stories (Dalkey Archive Press)Joseph McElroy is well regarded as one of the most demanding living American writers. His work is usually...
