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January 01, 1990 - November 16, 2012 + Bookworm
Sheila Heti: How Should a Person Be? 
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Neo-feminist Sheila Heti on her novel and journal, a how-to book and a philosophical treatise. Heti wants to undo coherence and, in many ways, she...
Jess Walter: Beautiful Ruins
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Walter on his much acclaimed new work, a completely pleasurable summer read -- and not your typical Hollywood novel.
Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Satantango
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Bookworm Michael Silverblatt and co-interviewer Jim Krusoe talk with the Hungarian author and screenwriter about modernist novels and filmmaker Bela Tarr.
Jim Krusoe: Parsifal
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Jim Krusoe talks about his new novel, where a sacred fool searches for his own private holy grail and perhaps saves the world from destruction.
Victoria Nelson: Gothicka
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Victoria Nelson writes about the rise of the supernatural into mainstream popular culture. Vampires and werewolves, no longer monsters, have become heroes.
Dave Eggers: A Hologram for the King
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A middle-aged, American salesman experiences the challenges of the post-industrial economy. He travels to Saudi Arabia, hoping to sell Internet technology to its King.
Richard Ford: Canada, Part 2
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The second of a two-part conversation with Richard Ford about his writing style and the themes of his robust, new novel.
Richard Ford: Canada, Part 1
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The first of a two-part conversation about Richard Ford's seventh novel, the powerful story of a teenager, a bank robbery and life’s contradictory experiences.
Ben Fountain: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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Pushcart and O. Henry Prize-winner Ben Fountain talks about heroes, war, and street language in his new novel.
Cees Nooteboom: Self-Portrait of an Other
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Dutch author, Cees Nooteboom discusses the translation process and his poems of myth and landscape inspired by the drawings of Berlin artist, Max Neumann.
Susan Orlean: Rin Tin Tin-The Life and the Legend
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Susan Orlean on her moving account of how an orphaned puppy from France became a Hollywood movie star and a beloved canine icon.
Hari Kunzru: Gods Without Men
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British Indian writer Hari Kunsru on his new novel that explores loss, spiritual reconnection and sacrifice.
Adam Levin: Hot Pink
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Adam Levin on how behavior, B.F. Skinner, and his own training to be a therapist influenced his wild and crazy collection of stories.
Etgar Keret: Suddenly, A Knock on the Door
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Israeli writer Etgar Keret talks about the explosive and funny stories that voyage into the fantastic in his new book.
Peter Behrens: The O'Briens
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Peter Behrens on his epic family saga, a compelling tale of Irish immigration during the first half of the twentieth century.
