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- Ron KoertgeGeography of the Forehead (University of Arkansas Press) In the sweet mayhem of Ron Koertge's hilarious poems, a surreal vision collides with the sadness of daily life. Koertge talks about his transformation from a "smarty; pants" poet into a gentler wise-cracker.30 min
- An Isaac Babel Celebration
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 the paradox of his disturbing laconic style: the lyric joy of a Jew describing Cossack violence...
30 min - Jane DeLynnLeash (Semiotexte) As always, Jane DeLynn leaves a trail of magnificent broken taboos behind her. Here, she confesses that she can go no further in her unbroken chain of transgressions. Hear this dark comic novelist at her turning point. Where do you go after the abyss?30 min
- Steve Martin
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 taken seriously...
30 min - Susan Sontag
On Summer in Baden Baden by Leonid Tsypkin (New Directions)
Susan Sontag talks about the discovery of lost and forgotten masterpieces, in particular, this novel, never published in America, about an odd vacation in the life of Fyodor Dostoevski...30 min - Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly, editorsLittle Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (Harper Collins) Spiegelman and Mouly discuss their exciting treat for kids of all ages-the newest Little Lit, with weird illustrated tales by the likes of Paul Auster, Maurice Sendak and Jules Feiffer.30 min
- Allen KurzweilThe 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 sadism in the lives of Kurzweil's characters who continue their unwholesome adventures beyond the intrigues and enigmas of his first novel, A Case of Curiosities.30 min
- Mario Vargas LlosaThe 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 nations and the 1960's stand for any period of political domination and unrest...30 min - Allan Gurganus: The Practical Heart
Allan Gurganus talks intimately about the people who introduced him to art and literature during his childhood.
30 min - Isabel Allende: Portrait in SepiaIsabel Allende on war, love, autobiography, patriarchy, feminism and sex.30 min
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