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American author Cynthia Ozick dicusses her work

Year: 1992
Names: Handler, Richard, 1950-, Kelly, Greg, Ozick, Cynthia, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description:

A special program devoted to the American writer, Cynthia Ozick - a woman who infuses her fiction and essays with intellectual passion and brilliance. Ozick reads from two of her works. (Please note: the audio cuts out from 31:19-31:25)

Type: Sound recording non-musical

An interview with American author Robert Stone

Year: 1998
Names: Rabinovitch, Sandra, Stone, Robert, 1937-2015, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description:

Interview with one of the strongest and most authentic voices in American fiction, Robert Stone. His award-winning novels have taken readers to political hotspots, from wartime Saigon to revolutionary Central America. His newest novel, Damascus Gate, is set in Jerusalem.

Type: Sound recording non-musical

Ha Jin on writing in English, why he can't go back to China, and his novel The Boat Rocker

Year: 2016
Names: Jin, Ha, 1956-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description:

Eleanor speaks with Chinese American writer, Ha Jin. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pen-Faulkner Prize, Jin talks about his new novel, The Boat Rocker; writing in English; and why he's not able to return to China.

Type: Sound recording non-musical

"Making Waves: Voices From the Jaipur Festival" Pt.3, with Tarun Tejpal

Year: 2013
Names: Rabinovitch, Sandra, Tejpal, Tarun J., Wachtel, Eleanor
Description:

The conclusion of our 3-part series Making Waves: Voices from the Jaipur Festival, with Tarun Tejpal - one of India's most respected journalists and novelists. His groundbreaking investigative newsmagazine, Tehelka, has earned a global reputation for its aggressive public interest journalism. His chilling latest novel is called The Valley of Masks.

Type: Sound recording non-musical

Peter Carey on Amnesia

Year: 2015
Names: Carey, Peter, 1943-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description:

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Australian-American novelist Peter Carey. The two-time Booker Prize-winner's new novel, Amnesia, probes the relationship between his two countries.

Type: Sound recording non-musical

Re-imagining the Balkans: How the countries of the former Yugoslavia face their past and their future, Pt. 4, with Sibila Petlevski and David Albahari

Year: 2015
Names: Albahari, David, 1948-2023, Petlevski, Sibila, 1964-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description:

This week on Writers & Company - "Re-imagining the Balkans." This special series explores the enormously interesting and often misunderstood Balkan region through conversations with writers from the area. This week Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Croatian novelist and poet, Sibila Petlevski, and from Belgrade, writer David Albahari.

Type: Sound recording non-musical