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**Bookworm**

Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.

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Larry Rivers Mar 22, 1993

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What Did I Do? The writer talks about art, gossip, sex and immorality in the career of an artist.

Maureen Howard Mar 15, 1993

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Natural History Art, history and real life are the subjects of the author's investigation of America.

Ricardo Cortez Cruz Mar 08, 1993

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Straight Outta Compton The experimental novelist describes how he constructed his Rap novel.

Jim Paul Mar 01, 1993

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Catapult: Harry And I Build A Siege Weapon The essayist discusses his whimsical project: to construct a medieval weapon while on an arts grant and to write a book about the process.

Curtis White Feb 22, 1993

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The Idea of Home

Invention, surrealism and hilarity are at the center of Curtis White's novel about his home town in California.

Camille Paglia Feb 15, 1993

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Sexual Personae; Sex, Art and American Culture

Camille Paglia fires at contemporary criticism and literary theory.

Josephine Hart Feb 08, 1993

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Sin; Damage The writer examines the nature of guilt, tragedy and obsession.

Leonard Michaels Feb 01, 1993

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Sylvia The writer discusses the morality of writing autobiographical fiction, with reference to Sylvia, his memoir about marriage and mental imbalance.

Mark Leyner Jan 25, 1993

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Et Tu, Babe The wild and crazy narcissist reads from and explains his exotic fantasy.

James Ellroy Jan 18, 1993

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White Jazz The ins and outs of crime fiction are explored by this post- modernist tough guy.