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Yiyun Li on Kinder Than Solitude
Yiyun Li was 16 years old at the time of Tiananmen, but she felt it was her generation who put their lives on the line. Her new novel, Kinder Than Solitude, looks back on those horrific events.
The New Face of France, Pt. 1, with Frédéric Beigbeder, Leïla Marouane, and Joann Sfar
This week, Writers and Company begins a new four-part series called "The New Face of France". Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité! France's revolutionary ideals are at risk as the country grapples with racism, religious intolerance, inequalities and civil unrest. Eleanor Wachtel travels to Paris to speak with a diverse group of writers and thinkers about these 21st century realities. In this first episode, Eleanor conducts a lively Panel discussions featuring three provocative writers: novelist and…
Writers Write About Their Parents: Linda Gray Sexton on her mother, poet Anne Sexton, and poet Blake Morrison on the death of his father
Writers and Their Parents - Part I: Linda Gray Sexton has written a candid and poignant memoir about her mother, the poet Anne Sexton. Part II: Eleanor talks with British poet Blake Morrison about his prize-winning book, And When Did You Last See Your Father.
Writing a Nation: Israel at 50, pt. 5: with Batya Gur and Gadi Taub
WRITING A NATION - ISRAEL AT 50 - Episode 5 of a 5-part series on the Authors of Israel, as that country celebrates its 50th anniversary. Part I: Eleanor Wachtel interviews the provocative mystery writer Batya Gur, a woman a woman who investigates Israel's closed societies.; Part II: Interview with the dynamic young cultural critic Gadi Taub.