Bookworm

(Getty Series)Troupe, who co-authored the controversial, award-winning autobiography of Miles Davis, speaks about the process of inhabiting another person's memories. He explores music as a structuring principle of memory and reveals the musical origins of his own poetry.

(Getty Series) Cisneros describes an autobiographical childhood incident and demonstrates how she transformed it into her most popular short story, &quotEleven.;&quot

The Matisse Stories Author A.S. Byatt defends art-for-art's-sake against the incursions of multi-cultural politics.

Dreaming A nuts-and-bolts conversation about truth-telling and family history.

Trinity Fields A conversation about secrets--political, personal and spiritual--and how they drive a story.

Wonder Boys   Young Michael Chabon discusses his feelings about the blocked, frustrated writers and editors who people his new novel...

After Warhol: Two survivors of the original Warhol Underground Films (Chelsea Girls, Vinyl, Kitchenette, etc.) discuss artistic life after Andy.

(marketing manager of Small Press Distribution) How to find out about the vibrant writers emerging today? How to find their books? A conversation with someone who knows the answers--about small presses and how they fit into the current book-selling scene.

Let the Dog Drive The author's indefatigable adventures drove his wild book from the obscurity of an unknown press to cult status and major-league paperback publication.

Poetry, memory and the Chicana writer. Author Sandra Cisneros talks about identity, the sexual revolution and self-motivation.