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January 01, 1990 - February 22, 2012 + Bookworm

Richard Ford listen Download

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A Multitude of Sins (Knopf) Richard Ford, finds in adultery, his most recent subject, traces of old Emersonian independence. But he still considers his newest...

Marc Estrin listen Download

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Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa (BlueHen Books) This first novel by enterprising novelist Marc Estrin introduces Gregor Samsa, Kafka's famous roach, to...

Library of America listen Download

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Library of America (Geoffrey O'Brien, editor in chief and Max Rudin, publisher) Library of America is a publisher whose mandate is to keep American...

William Kennedy listen Download

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Roscoe (Viking) Truth, when it disappears from one's public life, also tends to be unavailable in one's personal life. Pulitzer prize-winner William Kennedy talks...

Curtis White listen Download

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Requiem (Dalky Archive Press) Curtis White has created comedy from degeneration by counterpointing Biblical stories, biographies of Classical composers, and the e-mailed sexploits of pornographic...

Robert Creeley listen Download

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Just in Time: Poems 1984-1994 (New Directions) On the occasion of a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Creeley discusses the many influences on his singular...

Sigrid Nunez listen Download

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For Rouenna (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Sigrid Nunez's books reveal the secrets of lives that have fallen through the cracks....

Ron Koertge listen Download

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Geography of the Forehead (University of Arkansas Press) In the sweet mayhem of Ron Koertge's hilarious poems, a surreal vision collides with the sadness...

An Isaac Babel Celebration listen Download

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The Complete Works of Isaac Babel (Norton) We inaugurate Bookworm's Book Club with a celebration of the Russian master, Isaac Babel. We'll focus on...

Jane DeLynn listen Download

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Leash (Semiotexte) As always, Jane DeLynn leaves a trail of magnificent broken taboos behind her. Here, she confesses that she can go...

Steve Martin listen Download

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Shopgirl (Hyperion) When Steve Martin brought out his first novella, Shopgirl praise from the writing community (Salman Rushdie, for example) indicated that he can be...

Susan Sontag listen Download

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On Summer in Baden Baden by Leonid Tsypkin (New Directions)Susan Sontag talks about the discovery of lost and forgotten masterpieces, in particular, this...

Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly, editors listen Download

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Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (Harper Collins) Spiegelman and Mouly discuss their exciting treat for kids of all ages-the newest Little Lit,...

Allen Kurzweil listen Download

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The Grand Complication (Hyperion) A genuinely odd discussion about the consequences of scholarly book-loving. That is, a conversation about manipulation, games-playing, sexual repression and...

Mario Vargas Llosa listen Download

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The Feast of the Goat (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) In Mario Vargas Llosa's brilliant novel about the Trujillo regime, the Dominican Republic stands for all tyrannized...