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Discussing the book "The Night in Question: Stories" with the author Tobias Wolff
Nov. 6, 1996
*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 
Discussing the book "The Missing" with the author, journalist and editor Andrew O'Hagan
Oct. 31, 1996
Discussing the book "The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800 with Conor Cruise O'Brien.
Oct. 24, 1996
Discussing the book "The Last Song of Manuel Sendero" with the author Ariel Dorfman
Mar. 6, 1987
Discussing the book "The Last Days of the New Yorker" with the author, journalist Gigi Mahon
Jan. 17, 1989
Discussing the book "The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams" with the author Donald Spoto
May. 3, 1985
Discussing the book "The Joy of Reading: 210 Favorite Books, Plays, Poems, Essays, Etc.: What's in Them, Why Read Them" with the author and editor Charles Van Doren
Jan. 7, 1986
Discussing the book "The Immigrant World of Ybor City: Italians and their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985" with the Gary Mormino.
Jun. 24, 1987
Discussing the book "The German Comedy: Scenes of Life after the Wall" with the author Peter Schneider
Discussing the book "The Devil's Card" with the author Mary Maher
Oct. 12, 1992
Discussing the book "The Demon Lover: On the Sexuality of Terrorism" with Robin Morgan
Mar. 9, 1989
Discussing the book "The Coming White Minority: California's Eruptions and America's Future" professor Dale Maharidge.
Apr. 16, 1997
Discussing the book "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute To His White Mother" with the author, journalist and composer James McBride
Jan. 26, 1996
Discussing the book "The Chosen Garden" with Micheal O'Siadhail
Apr. 15, 1991
Discussing the book "The Canadians" with author and journalist Andrew Malcolm
May. 13, 1985

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