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June 6, 2012

Episode 76 — Esi Edugyan

Esi Edugyan is the guest. She’s a Canadian author whose novel, Half-Blood Blues, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2011. It won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and is now available from Picador here in the United States. The … Continue reading →

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May 20, 2012

Episode 71 — Ben Fountain

Ben Fountain is the guest. He is the author of the debut short story collection Brief Encounters with Che Guevara (Harper Perennial), which won him the PEN/Hemingway Award. And now he has published his first novel, entitled Billy Lynn’s Long … Continue reading →

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December 28, 2011

Episode 30 — Jamal Joseph

Today’s guest is Jamal Joseph, author of the memoir Panther Baby, which details his coming of age within the Black Panther movement during the 1960s and ’70s—a journey that took him to Riker’s Island and Leavenworth prisons before ultimately leading … Continue reading →

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