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Japanese-born British novelist and 1989 Man Booker Prize-winner for Remains of the Day
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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Bookworm
Kazuo Ishiguro: The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro starts the interview about his new book as a look at the concept of societal memory.
Bookworm
Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro never tells more than he has to--his stripped-down narratives are filled with absence and mystery.
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Revisiting showrunner Steven Bochco on his memoir Steven Bochco, the writer-producer behind record-breaking Emmy winners Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue, fought battles with everyone from out-of-control actors to network censors in his long career. He isn’t afraid to tell those tales in his memoir, Truth Is a Total Defense. This week we revisit the conversation where he shared some of his favorite stories with us.
UnFictional
The Other Man Stories of two men who meet by chance and emerge indelibly changed – or at least, one of them does.
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