Bookworm

A conversation about personal voice, sexuality and the New York school of poetry.

Corelli's Mandolin A discussion about having it both ways: How Louis de Bernières maintains the passion of the traditional novel while exploring the complexities of post-modernism...

Dear Dead Person   Violence, comedy, style, the influence of modern German literature and the importance of extremity are today's subjects in our conversation with Benjamin Weissman.

For Keeps America---s greatest pop-culture critic talks about her new collection of movie reviews--a retrospective of a lifetime of passionate response.

Blacker than a Thousand MidnightsStraight talks about mothering by day, writing deep into the night, and knowing enough to see into the life of a young, black father.

The Bird Artist   Howard Norman's new novel about fatal romance and aesthetic distance has surprised critics and attracted a wide audience.

The writer discusses the evolution of her style and explores the gulf between political correctness and personal behavior.

The Waterworks   A discussion of the morality of mad scientists, New York history, and the evolution of the plot of E.L. Doctorow's best-selling novel.

Doggie Bag The fictional avante garde, its present and future, discussed by one of its longest standing practitioners.

Rick Moody's novel of the seventies provokes a discussion of the relationship between literary fiction and the marketplace.