Mary Gaitskill: from bad behaviour to surprising tenderness

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Date
2018-03-18
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Description

Eleanor Wachtel speaks to literature's "bad girl," American writer Mary Gaitskill. In a book of essays, Gaitskill explores her unexpected bond with three inner-city children, her complicated relationship with her dying father, and the profound grief she experienced when her beloved kitten went missing.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (51 min., 57 sec.))
Location
Riverside (Calif.)
Toronto (Ont.)
Genre
Discussion
Interviews
Literary readings
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Identifier
WritersAndCo-2018-03-18
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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