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- Paul Auster
Timbuktu (Holt)
In life, as in his metaphysical mystery novels, the elegant Paul Auster implies and evades, implies and evades -- as he does in his newest novel, featuring a talking dog.
30 min - Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston "The; Colony of Unrequited Dreams" (Doubleday); "The; Divine Ryans" (Anchor) In each of these novels a secret is revealed-a secret history in one, a family secret in the other. But why has this Canadian novelist, of the quality of Robertson Davies or Margaret Artwood, remained a secret to Americans?30 min
- Sylvia BrownriggSylvia Brownrigg "The; Metaphysical Touch" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) In this novel, a romance, of sorts, is struck up via the internet. This, then, is a conversation about the creation of characters, how they reveal themselves, how they invent themselves, and what they tell us about that invisible presence, their author.30 min
- Edward HirschEdward Hirsch "How; to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry" (Harcourt Brace). Some poems are so strong that they leave permanent impressionson the reader; the poems Edward Hirsch introduces are meant to alter the soul.30 min
- Charles Simic
Jackstraws (Harcourt Brace)
Award-winning poet Charles Simic on the objects (stones, forks, dolls) that form the internal puppet theater of his imagination.
30 min - Ron HansenRon Hansen "Hitler;?s Niece" (Harper Collins). Ron Hansen?sreconstruction of Hitler?s affair with Geli Raubal gives us a glimpse of acreepy, hypothetical menage ---rois: the novelist in bed with innocence andmonstrosity.30 min
- Susan MinotSusan Minot "Evening;" (Knopf). The past recaptured! Susan Minot haswritten a swoony, lyrical novel about loss. We talk about that rare thing: aromantic novel that is literary (and close to perfection).30 min
- Peter Matthiessen
Bone by Bone (Random House). On the culmination of his momentous trilogy, Peter Matthiessen speaks about history, fiction and the destiny of an American anti-hero.
30 min - David St. John
The Red Leaves of Night (Harper Collins).
As David St.John's poems grow more elegant, they become more sexual and obsessive...
30 min - Annie Proulx
Close Range: Wyoming Stories (Scribner)
Annie Proulx has written an ominous of Western tales -- tall tales, rodeo bragging, cowboy love stories -- profusely illustrated and emotionally dark...18 min
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