Observing the minutiae of life with author Nicholson Baker

Date
2003-02-02
Interviewer: Wachtel, Eleanor
Host: Wachtel, Eleanor
Interviewee: Baker, Nicholson
Producer: Pearson, Ian
Producer: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Description

Host Eleanor Wachtel talks with an American original, Nicholson Baker. He's known for his observations of the minutiae of life and for his fierce advocacy of library card catalogues and newspaper storage. As one critic put it, Nicholson Baker "doesn't just count the angels on the head of a pin, he does long division with the feathers in their wing tips." Baker's latest book is called A Box of Matches.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (52 min., 22 sec.))
Location
Boston (Mass.)
Toronto (Ont.)
Subject
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Networks
CBC Books
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Wachtel, Eleanor. Writers & company
Baker, Nicholson
Authors, American--Interviews
Baker, Nicholson. Box of matches
Middle-aged men--Fiction
Early rising--Fiction
New England--Fiction
Insomnia--Fiction
Baker, Nicholson. Mezzanine
Fiction--Authorship
Baker, Nicholson. U and I
Updike, John
Authors, American--20th century--Biography
Authorship
Baker, Nicholson. Vox
Baker, Nicholson. Fermata
Genre
Discussion
Literary readings
Interviews
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Writers & Company
Identifier
WritersAndCo-2003-02-02
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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