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Susan Sontag

The Volcano Lover Novelist, essayist and driving intellectual force, Susan Sontag, died late last year. In her memory, we offer this conversation, first broadcast in October 1992. On this first visit to Bookworm, she spoke with great enthusiasm about her novel, The Volcano Lover and how she came to write -- of all things -- a romance.

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By Michael Silverblatt • Feb 3, 2005 • 30m Listen

The Volcano Lover

Novelist, essayist and driving intellectual force, Susan Sontag, died late last year. In her memory, we offer this conversation, first broadcast in October 1992. On this first visit to Bookworm, she spoke with great enthusiasm about her novel, The Volcano Lover and how she came to write -- of all things -- a romance.

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    Michael Silverblatt

    host, 'Bookworm'

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