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Pauline Kael Nov 12, 1991

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Michael Silverblatt and a young Los Angeles writer, Chuck Wilson, talk with Pauline Kael about her book, Movie Love.

Stephen Dobyns Nov 05, 1991

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Blanche Boyd Oct 29, 1991

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The Revolution of Little GirlsNovelist and lesbian Blanche Boyd discusses childhood and writing.

Bradford Morrow Oct 22, 1991

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The Almanac Branch The editor of Conjunctions, the post-modern literary magazine, discusses the techniques and strategies of his recent novel.

Martin Duberman Oct 08, 1991

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Cures The historian's autobiography deals with homosexuality and psychoanalysis in the America of the 1950's and 60's.

Mark Helprin Sep 24, 1991

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A Soldier of the Great War Mark Helprin writes about aesthetics, war and love in his new novel set in Italy during World War I.

Amy Tan Sep 03, 1991

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The Kitchen God's Wife; The Joy Luck Club

As author Amy Tan examines the image of the passive, compliant, Asian-American woman, she reveals some personal secrets.

Whitney Otto Aug 26, 1991

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Wall To WallThe author makes an emotional and political journey from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall on the Trans-Siberian Express.

Mary Morris Aug 13, 1991

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Wall To Wall The author makes an emotional and political journey from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall on the Trans-Siberian Express.

Nicholson Baker Aug 06, 1991

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U and I
Nicholson Baker, the American chronicler of berserk technology talks about his imaginary friendship with John Updike.