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**Bookworm**

Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.

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Eileen Myles: Chelsea Girls Dec 12, 1994

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A conversation about personal voice, sexuality and the New York school of poetry.

Louis de Bernières Dec 05, 1994

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Corelli's Mandolin

A discussion about having it both ways: How Louis de Bernières maintains the passion of the traditional novel while exploring the complexities of post-modernism...

Benjamin Weissman Nov 28, 1994

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Dear Dead Person Violence, comedy, style, the influence of modern German literature and the importance of extremity are today's subjects in our conversation with Benjamin Weissman.

Pauline Kael Nov 21, 1994

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For Keeps America---s greatest pop-culture critic talks about her new collection of movie reviews--a retrospective of a lifetime of passionate response.

Susan Straight Oct 24, 1994

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Blacker than a Thousand Midnights
Straight talks about mothering by day, writing deep into the night, and knowing enough to see into the life of a young, black father.

Howard Norman Oct 17, 1994

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The Bird Artist Howard Norman's new novel about fatal romance and aesthetic distance has surprised critics and attracted a wide audience.

Erica Jong: Fear of Fifty Oct 10, 1994

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The writer discusses the evolution of her style and explores the gulf between political correctness and personal behavior.

E. L. Doctorow Oct 03, 1994

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The Waterworks A discussion of the morality of mad scientists, New York history, and the evolution of the plot of E.L. Doctorow's best-selling novel.

Ron Sukenick Sep 26, 1994

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Doggie Bag The fictional avante garde, its present and future, discussed by one of its longest standing practitioners.

Rick Moody: The Ice Storm Sep 19, 1994

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Rick Moody's novel of the seventies provokes a discussion of the relationship between literary fiction and the marketplace.