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- Irving FeldmanCollected Poems: 1954-2004 (Schocken) During our conversation, Irving Feldman talks about everything from religion to cannibalism, from poetic diction to the structure of families. This intense discussion explores the poet's imagination and convictions, while revealing his passionate intellect.30 min
- Alice Quinn
Edgar Allan Poe and the Juke-Box: uncollected poems, drafts, and fragments by Elizabeth Bishop, edited and annotated by Alice Quinn (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Alice Quinn, the poetry editor of the New Yorker, assembled this volume of drafts and fragments from Elizabeth Bishop's notebooks and archives. The result is an extraordinary free association about Bishop: her childhood, her sexuality, her influences...
30 min - John YauParadiso Diaspora (Penguin)In a searching inquiry into the language of poetry, John Yau talks about avoiding autobiography while creating poetry that reflects his Chinese-American background--the influence of what he calls "Ing Grish." We explore the evolution of a dream language that is, in itself, an aesthetic of diaspora.30 min
- Leonard Cohen
Book of Longing (Ecco)
Leonard Cohen talks about his early years as a poet in Montreal; his novel, Beautiful Losers; his songs; and now, ten years since his last book and fifty years since his first, the vicissitudes and recoveries that led to the art, lyrics and poems in his new Book of Longing.
30 min - Yannick MurphyHere They Come
(McSweeney's)
Memory, instinct and aesthetics combine to recreate childhood in Yannick Murphy's new novel...30 min - David Foster Wallace: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
David Foster Wallace insists on a conversation where what can be said must be said honestly (along with a sidebar defining honesty), sincerely (ditto defining sincerity), and with full consideration of how media affect honesty and sincerity (ditto media). Given these requirements, we discuss Wallace's new collection of essays with an eye to how he attempts the nearly impossible task of telling the truth.
30 min - Robert PinskyThe Life of David (Schocken)Robert Pinsky, a former poet-laureate, writes a biography-tribute to the Biblical King David, the poet warrior. Our conversation circles the subject of heroism as it is manifested in the contradictory character of King David--the most paradoxical figure in the Old Testament.30 min
- Stanley Crawford
Petroleum Man (Overlook)
In Stanley Crawford's satire of corporate greed, a "gas-guzzling" super-magnate writes a loving description of every car he has ever owned. What is more, he intends to leave this chronicle of automotive ownership to his (largely indifferent) grandchildren...
30 min - Robert Coover, Part 2 of 2A Child Again (McSweeney's) In part two of the interview, Coover lays bare the illusions and delusions that his stories about childhood and growth are meant to dispel. He reads from a story about Puff, the dragon, and speculates about how older knights slay the dragons of their later years.30 min
- Robert Coover, Part 1 of 2A Child Again (McSweeney's) Robert Coover, a reigning master of experimental narrative, gives a two-part interview for this, his long-anticipated first visit to Bookworm. In part one, Coover offers an overview of his career, revealing that even from the first his themes, intentions and methods were fully imagined. He then worked on these retold fairy tales and comic political allegories sometimes for a decade or more before completion and publication.30 min
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