Public Arts : The Word (2008-09-30)

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October 6, 2008

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The Word
Each week on The Word presenter Harriett Gilbert meets novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, copywriters and book-sellers as she looks at the myriad world of writing.

Latest Edition: Tuesday, September 30th

This week we've a special World Book Club edition to listen to. Harriett Gilbert visits acclaimed American writer Annie Proulx at her home on the Wyoming plains and talks to her about her prize-winning novel The Shipping News and her short story Brokeback Mountain.

Books List

Title: The Shipping News (Paperback)
Author: Annie Proulx
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 978-1-85702-242-1

Title: Close Range, Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories (Paperback)
Author: Annie Proulx
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 978-0-00-720558-5

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Each week presenter Harriett Gilbert meets novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, copywriters and book-sellers as she looks at the myriad world of writing.
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