Bookends with Mattea Roach

34 Episodes

1. Francine du Plessix Gray on growing up the daughter of a great Russian beauty

   Published: 4/08/2024
2. Prolific and daring author Joyce Carol Oates on her childhood, widowhood and concerns about American society

   Published: 28/07/2024
3. Amitava Kumar on India, the U.S. and the indelible imprint of the immigrant experience

   Published: 21/07/2024
4. Edna O'Brien: from Ireland's outcast to celebrated icon

   Published: 14/07/2024
5. Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy

   Published: 7/07/2024
6. Tony Kushner on his evolution as a storyteller, from Angels in America to The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide

   Published: 30/06/2024
7. Claire Messud on the stories and secrets of a French Algerian family in The Last Life

   Published: 23/06/2024
8. Biographer Nicholas Murray reflects on Kafka's life — this month is the 100th anniversary of his death

   Published: 16/06/2024
9. Jenny Erpenbeck, winner of the International Booker Prize 2024, on The End of Days and personal transformations

   Published: 9/06/2024
10. Hari Kunzru on race, politics and the blues

    Published: 2/06/2024
11. How using her imagination saved Scottish author Jackie Kay

    Published: 26/05/2024
12. Alice Munro on writing about life, love, sex and secrets

    Published: 19/05/2024
13. Chance, fate and fiction: looking back at American novelist and filmmaker Paul Auster

    Published: 12/05/2024
14. Looking back on American sculptor Richard Serra and how he became the Man of Steel

    Published: 5/05/2024