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- Kenward ElmslieKenward Elmslie, author of Routine Disruptions (Coffee House Press). Finally--a collection of poems that ranges across wizard-poet Elmslie's career. Be sure to hear "Girl; Machine" -- an entire Busby Berkeley musical in a single poem. Hands down, Bookworm's favorite living American poet.30 min
- Peter HedgesPeter Hedges, author of An Ocean in Iowa (Hyperion). The author of What's Eating Gilbert Grape has written a new novel of childhood angst. Hedges explores his access to childhood memories and the difficulties of being a minister's son.30 min
- Ann Beattie: Park City
A selection of stories--classic and new--by Ann Beattie, a woman who changed the emotional color of American fiction...
30 min - Lydia Davis
Almost No Memory (Ecco)
Lydia Davis, the author of peculiar miniature prose pieces reads and discusses her explorations of the space between the intellect and the physical world.
30 min - Daniel MenakerDaniel Menaker, author of The Treatment (Knopf). Daniel Menaker on his comedy of morals. It's a New York novel with all the trimmings: psychoanalysis, prep schools and the death of the New York intellectual way of life.30 min
- Jane Smiley
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (Knopf).
Just one of the implications in this historical novel is that women disciplined their slaves more harshly than did male slave-owners. How has the author come to this conclusion? Jane Smiley on writer's intuition.30 min - Nicholson Baker
The Everlasting Story of Nory (Random House)
The secret of Nicholson Baker's newest novel (a collaboration with his pre-adolescent daughter) is revealed in this interview taped before a live audience.
31 min - Rose TremaineRose Tremaine, author of The Way I Found Her (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). An English schoolboy's infatuation with a mysterious older Russian novelist is charted in a novel whose tone shifts from coming-of-age enchantment to uneasy sexual guilt.30 min
- John Irving: A Widow for One YearJohn Irving speaks about loss--of marriage, children, parents, love, and explores his work's greatest paradox.31 min
- Richard PriceRichard Price, author of Freedomland (Broadway). A high-wire thriller for the peak of the summer. Richard Price brings wild style and dare-devil, Lenny Bruce-like riffs to his urban nightmares. It's a best-seller even an aesthete can love.31 min
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