Bookworm

Larry Rivers 22.03.1993 30:12 ↓

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

Maureen Howard 15.03.1993 30:11 ↓

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

Ricardo Cortez Cruz 08.03.1993 29:49 ↓

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

Jim Paul 01.03.1993 30:05 ↓

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 22.02.1993 30:01 ↓

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 15.02.1993 27:57 ↓

Sexual Personae; Sex, Art and American Culture Camille Paglia fires at contemporary criticism and literary theory.

Josephine Hart 08.02.1993 30:24 ↓

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

Leonard Michaels 01.02.1993 28:24 ↓

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

Mark Leyner 25.01.1993 28:38 ↓

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

James Ellroy 18.01.1993 29:26 ↓

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

Paul Auster 11.01.1993 30:22 ↓

Leviathan Writer Paul Auster discusses the influence of Kafka and Beckett on his work.

Maurice Sendak & Iona Opie 04.01.1993 30:24 ↓

Brooklyn-born illustrator Maurice Sendak joins British folklorist Iona Opie to discuss the rhymes and taunts of the playground.

Thomas McGuane: Nothing but Blue Skies 28.12.1992 30:28 ↓

The writer discusses life in Montana as a literary style.

Austryn Wainhouse 07.12.1992 29:20 ↓

(Editor and Publisher of Marlboro Press) Wainhouse, who translated all of the Marquis de Sade, discusses the influence of Sade on literature and morality.

Tama Janowitz 30.11.1992 30:10 ↓

Male Crossdressers' Support Group Janowitz continues to gender-bend and cross all boundaries in the lives of her Slaves of New York.

Bruce McPherson 23.11.1992 30:21 ↓

(Publisher of McPherson & Co.) McPherson's press has rediscovered the work of Mary Butts, an experimental writer of great value.

Robert Plunkett 16.11.1992 30:08 ↓

Sex Junkie Plunkett discusses his farce about the incomprehension between gays and straights

William Vollmann 09.11.1992 28:39 ↓

Fathers and Crows Explosive writer William Vollmann talks about savagery and civilization, leveling both.

Cristina García: Dreaming in Cuban 02.11.1992 30:08 ↓

Christina García's book Dreaming in Cuban explores three generations of Latina women and their emotional and political involvements.

Reynolds Price 26.10.1992 29:57 ↓

Blue Calhoun Price talks about the characters in his novel and the function of immorality in fiction.

Susan Sontag 19.10.1992 29:46 ↓

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

William Kennedy 05.10.1992 30:08 ↓

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

Gilbert Sorrentino and Kelvin Christopher James 28.09.1992 28:42 ↓

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 21.09.1992 29:43 ↓

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

Richard Bausch 14.09.1992 30:15 ↓

Violence The minimalist discusses his novel of gathering domestic violence.