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- David Foster Wallace
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Little, Brown)
Witness the uproarious frenzy of definition when David Foster Wallace cuts loose and tries to make a straightforward statement about the hideous men (and women) in his new book.30 min - Arthur SzeArthur Sze "The; Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998" (Copper Canyon) ArthurSze on the fascinating intersection of astrophysics and Asian metaphysics. Hiswork embodies a sense of time that is both ancient and post-modern.30 min
- Andre Dubus IIIAndre Dubus III "House; of Sand and Fog" (Norton) Andre Dubus III is the son of a prize-winning Catholic author. How does the son write about the extreme conflicts of life without the resource of his father's faith?30 min
- Carolyn SeeCarolyn See "The; Handyman" (Random House) Carolyn See solves the problems of love, life and art by wittily applying practicality, compassion and humor. In her new book, she offer what every woman needs: a handyman.30 min
- Lorrie MooreLorrie Moore "Birds; of America" (Knopf) Lorrie Moore shows how her short stories compare with the ballads of Tin Pan Alley. That is: how do you give misery and lovesickness the bounce of a popular tune?30 min
- Salman Rushdie: The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Part II
Part II of a two-part interview. An epic love story? From Salman Rushdie?! How and why Rushdie, the great cynic, surmounts the worn conventions of boy-meets-girl.
31 min - Salman Rushdie: The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Part I
Gods and goddesses-from those of Greece and India, to the media pantheon of Rock and Roll-underlie The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Salman Rushdie on the uses of myth. (Part I of a two-part interview. )
30 min - Nathan EnglanderNathan Englander "For; the Relief of Unbearable Urges" (Knopf)Jewish-American fiction takes a riveting new direction in the work ofNathan Englander, who was brought up Hasidic on Long Island. Thetwenty-nine year old writer breaks your heart when he reads from his story"The; Tumblers."30 min
- Steven WatsonSteven Watson "Prepare; for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism" (Random House) "Four; Saints inThree Acts" by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson was a modernistsneak-attack, the result of cunning and deliberation. Here's how they did it.30 min
- Sue MillerSue Miller "While; I Was Gone" (Knopf) Sue Miller's new novel has an odd morality ? could it be that generations of preachers have influencedher thought?30 min
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