Tribute to William Faulkner with Leon Forrest

Interviewing novelist and Northwestern University Professor Leon Forrest.

Discussing the book "Divine Days" (published by Another Chicago Press) with author Leon Forrest.

Discussing the book "The Furious Voice For Freedom: Essays" (published by Asphodel Press) with author Leon Forrest.

British novelist Lawrence Durrell discusses his new book "Nunquam," the second installment in his series "The Revolt of Aphrodite." Durrell also discusses the first book in the series, "Tunc."

Discussing the book "Babar's anniversary album" with the author Laurent de Brunhoff.

Discussing the novel "Cooler By The Lake" (published by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux) with the author Larry Heinemann.

Klaus Rifbjerg talks about his upbringing, hibooks "Terminal Innocence", "Lonni og Carl", and "The Opera Lover", and the impact of translation.

Poet and translator Kimon Friar discusses Nikos Kazantzakis and the art of Greek translation. Friar discusses the common theme in all of Kazantzaki’s works, how all of nature is set out to transform matter into spirit. Friar discusses and reads Nikos Kazantzakis’s “The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel”, Constantine Cavafy’s “Ithaka”, and Odysseus Elytēs’s “The Autopsy”. This program includes an excerpt of an interview with Eleni Kazantzakis, Nikos’s wife, where she describes how Nikos always saw the excitement in every person he met.

Discussing the book "Charms for the Easy Life" (published by Putnam) with the author Kaye Gibbons.

Kay Boyle is the co-author of "Being Geniuses Together". The book is a memoir of her time spent in Paris and of her background, including her life with her mother when she was younger.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

While in his home in Berlin, Jurek Becker covers various topics. He first talks about being arrested back in 1978 in New Orleans. Becker also talks about his lack of memories from being in the concentration camp. When he was 3, 4, or 5, Becker said that when he was there, there was nothing, and therefore, there's nothing to remember.