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Essay/Memoir

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Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place

In conversation with David L. Ulin, editor, LA TImes Book Review
Thursday, November 1, 2007
01:10:18
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Episode Summary
Evoking places as far flung as Iowa and India, Self-cultural provocateur, writer and long distance walker-teamed with legendary Gonzo illustrator Ralph Steadman to explore the intimate effects of geographical environment on human emotion and behavior.
Participant(s) Bio
Will Self is the acclaimed author of such books as The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Great Apes, How the Dead Live, and The Best of Dave. He won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. He lives in London.

Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir

In conversation with Michael Silverblatt, host of KCRW 89.9 \"BookWorm\"
Co-presented with Co-presented by The Council of the Library Foundation and sponsored by City National Bank with additional support from KPMG LLP
Monday, November 20, 2006
01:11:06
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Episode Summary
The inimitable raconteur, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, critic and screenwriter travels in memory through the arenas of literature, television, film, theater, politics, and international society.
Participant(s) Bio
Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays, more than two hundred essays and the critically lauded Palimpsest: A Memoir. Vidal's United States (Essays 1952-1992) won the 1993 National Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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