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**Bookworm**

Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.

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Susan Sontag Oct 19, 1992

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The Volcano Lover

The famed literary intellectual tells about how she came to write a romance.

William Kennedy Oct 05, 1992

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Very Old Bones; Ironweed Writer William Kennedy discusses the hidden structure of the novels in his Albany Cycle.

Gilbert Sorrentino and Kelvin Christopher James Sep 28, 1992

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Under the Shadow; Jumping Ship

The inimitable Gilbert Sorrentino on the secret structures of his new novel. Kelvin James on his travels from Jamaica to New York and their expression in his writing.

Alexander Theroux Sep 21, 1992

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Darconville's Cat Polymath Theroux discusses his masterpiece in the light of the decline of Western culture.

Richard Bausch Sep 14, 1992

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Violence The minimalist discusses his novel of gathering domestic violence.

Kathy Acker Aug 31, 1992

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Portrait Of An Eye The terrifying post-punk novelist defines the aesthetics behind her radical stance.

Alice Walker Aug 24, 1992

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Possessing The Secret Of Joy

Richard Elman Aug 10, 1992

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Tar Beach Tribal Africa is superimposed on the Jewish Brooklyn of the late forties in this coming-of-age novel.

Susan Straight Aug 03, 1992

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I Been in Sorrows Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
Author Susan Straight discusses her new novel and the impact of violence on her, her writing and the multi-racial Riverside community in which she lives

Robert Stone Jul 27, 1992

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Outerbridge Reach

Robert Stone examines the possibilities of modern heroism.