Monthly Archives: May 2011

Podcast

New Novels from Francine Prose & David Vann

Francine Prose

Francine Prose talks about her new novel about the immigrant experience in America, MY NEW AMERICAN LIFE. And David Vann talks about CARIBOU ISLAND, a novel that explores echoes of his own family’s dark history. Continue reading

Podcast

Kim Barker, THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE.

Kim Barker

Journalist Kim Barker talks about being a reporter in Pakistan and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2009. Her book is THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE. And WV airs an excerpt from a 2010 interview with Peter Phillips of Project Censored on the 9/11 controversy.
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