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An interview with Booker Prize-winning author Michael Ondaatje
A special episode with Michael Ondaatje, the first Canadian to win Britain's top literary prize - the Booker. Ondaatje talks about his work and reads from his award-winning novel The English Patient.
"Mexico Unmasked" Pt. 3, with Paco Ignacio Taibo II
More of "Mexico Unmasked" this week on Writers & Company. It's a look behind the clichés at Mexican identity; seen through the eyes of that country's writers and filmmakers. This week, Eleanor talks with journalist, historian and novelist Paco Ignacio Taibo II. He was born in Spain into a politically active family who fled Franco's regime for Mexico in 1958. He is best known for his series of philosophical crime novels, and his detective has been described as "Mexico's contemporary hero…
"Mexico Unmasked" Pt. 4, with Carmen Bullosa and Guillermo Arriaga
The special series "Mexico Unmasked" wraps up this week on Writers and Company. It's an exploration of Mexican identity; looking through the eyes of that country's writers and filmmakers. The series concludes with the charming, passionate novelist Carmen Bullosa. Eleanor Wachtel also talks with the award-winning, innovative Guillermo Arriaga, writer of the movies Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel.
James Meek talks about We Are Now Beginning Our Descent
From Britain via Iraq and Afghanistan, novelist and journalist James Meek this week on Writers & Company. Host Eleanor Wachtel talks with the author of the international bestseller, The People's Act of Love. He now has a new novel called, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent.
Hari Kunzru on My Revolutions
Today on Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel talks with British writer Hari Kunzru. There was a bidding war for Hari Kunzru's first novel, The Impressionist - a war that resulted in a record-breaking advance of more than two million dollars. The book won several awards and was short-listed for others. The following year, 2003, Kunzru was included in Granta Magazine's list of Best Young British Novelists. His latest novel, My Revolutions, marks a bold break from his previous Anglo-Indian…
"Women and Fiction": with Jane Hamilton and Helen Dunmore
"Women and Fiction": Part 1: Popular American novelist Jane Hamilton, the author of The Book of Ruth and Map of the World, talks about her newest book - The Short History of a Prince. Part II: From England - Orange Prize winner Helen Dunmore discusses Your Blue-Eyed Boy.