Books, Design and Culture
Writer and music critic Tom Piazza discusses his new collection of essays, Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America, on NPR’s Weekend Edition:
NPR WEEKEND EDITION: Tom Piazza Devil Sent the Rain mp3
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Author George Pelecanos talks to NPR’s Morning Edition about race, class and setting all his novels in Washington, DC:
NPR MORNING EDITION: Taking On Crime In A Racially Divided D.C.
George Pelecanos’ new novel The Cut is released later this month.
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The late Dame Muriel Spark, author of Memento Mori, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Ballad of Peckham Rye among others, talks to Eleanor Wachtel about her life and work in this archive interview for Writers & Company from 1999:
CBC RADIO WRITERS AND CO: Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark died in 2006 at the age of 88. The cover art in the image above is by Terence Greer.
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Author and journalist Dorian Lynskey talks about his book 33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs with Ramona Koval on The Book Show:
THE BOOK SHOW: Dorian Lynskey — The History of the Protest Song
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In another great archive interview for Writers & Company, author David Lodge talks to Eleanor Wachtel about artificial intelligence, consciousness and his 2002 novel Thinks:
CBC RADIO WRITERS & COMPANY: David Lodge, Think
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Author Henning Mankell talks to Harriett Gilbert about Faceless Killers, the first novel featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander, for the BBC World Book Club:
BBC WORLD BOOK CLUB: Henning Mankell
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Paula Fox, storied author of Desperate Characters, talks about writing and her memoir Borrowed Finery with Eleanor Wachtel in this archive interview for Writers & Company from 2002:
CBC RADIO WRITERS & COMPANY: Paula Fox Interview 2002
The cover above, from Fox’s collection of stories and essays News From the World published earlier this year by W. W. Norton, was designed by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.
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Part funny, part horrifying, journalist Jon Ronson discusses his latest book The Psychopath Test with Ramona Koval for The Book Show:
THE BOOK SHOW: Jon Ronson The Psychopath Test
The cover for The Psychopath Test was designed by Matt Dorfman.
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Author Jennifer Egan discusses music, Proust and, of course, her Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Visit From the Goon Squad with Eleanor Wachtel for CBC Radio’s Writers & C0mpany:
CBC RADIO WRITERS & Co. – Jennifer Egan
The paperback cover for the US edition of A Visit From the Goon Squad (pictured above), was designed by the talented Jamie Keenan.
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