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Alice Sebold Aug 09, 2007

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The Almost Moon (Little Brown)
Alice Sebold (The Lovely Bones) gives a sneak preview of her new novel, coming out this fall...

Kurt Vonnegut Aug 09, 2007

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A Man without a Country (7 Stories)

The late Kurt Vonnegut has been astonishing us sincethe 1960's. Here, in the rebroadcast of a 2006 interview, he speaks as a socialist disappointed by human behavior, our country and our times. He "wants to go home. (This interview will be not be heard on KCRW as it will be pre-empted by our semi-annual subscription drive.)

Richard Flanagan Aug 02, 2007

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The Unknown Terrorist (Grove)
Richard Flanagan felt that his last novel, Gould's Book of Fish, widely acclaimed a masterpiece, had burnt him out. Here, he discusses the things he did to reenergize.

Jim Crace Jul 26, 2007

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The Pesthouse (Doubleday)
Jim Crace makes lies masquerade as truth in this post-apocalyptic tale of toxified America.

Jonathan Lethem Jul 19, 2007

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You Don't Love Me Yet (Doubleday)
The pleasures of the lightweight and the free-spirited.

Kiran Desai Jul 12, 2007

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The Inheritance of Loss (Grove)
Booker Prize-winner Kiran Desai says she prefers "messiness" to perfection--it's more human, and it fits her subject better.

Mark Slouka: The Visible World Jul 05, 2007

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Can a novelist uncover a secret?

John Ashbery and Ron Padgett on the works of Pierre Reverdy Jun 28, 2007

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Haunted House (Ashbery); Prose Poems (Padgett) (both from Black Square Editions)

The haunted, lonely prose-poetry of Pierre Reverdy has attracted many translators. Two of America's most extraordinary poets read and discuss their translations...

Lydia Davis Jun 21, 2007

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Varieties of Disturbance (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Lydia Davis writes elegant prose pieces in which basic confusions are described with authority and clarity.

Joanna Scott Jun 14, 2007

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Everybody Loves Somebody (Back Bay Books)
Joanna Scott claims her collection of stories is a history of love, from World War I to the present.