May 06 Watch Conversation: Karen Russell, Author of ‘Swamplandia!’ Jeffrey Brown talks to Karen Russell author of the novel, "Swamplandia!"… Continue watching
May 05 Conversation: Nathacha Appanah, Author of ‘The Last Brother’ By Tom LeGro "The Last Brother" is Nathacha Appanah's fourth novel and her second translated into English. The book centers on the unlikely friendship of two young boys, Raj and David, as they both struggle with intense loneliness and the impact of their… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Conversation: Novelist Howard Jacobson Jeffrey Brown talks to Howard Jacobson about his novel, "The Mighty Walzer."… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Tea Obreht Reads From Her Novel, ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ Tea Obreht reads an excerpt from her novel, "The Tiger's Wife."… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Conversation: Tea Obreht, Author of ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ Jeffrey Brown talks to Tea Obreht, author of the novel, "The Tiger's Wife."… Continue watching
Oct 22 Conversation: Nicole Krauss’ ‘Great House’ By Tom LeGro Four narrators weave their own stories investigating the effects of loss, loneliness and deep uncertainty in Nicole Krauss' novel, "Great House," which is a finalist for the National Book Award. Continue reading
Oct 14 Conversation: Howard Jacobson, Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize Howard Jacobson is a writer and journalist whose novel, "The Finkler Question", was named winner of the Man Booker Prize in London on Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Franzen Explores the Post-9/11 Family in ‘Freedom’ Jeffrey Brown talks to best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen about new book '"Freedom."… Continue watching
Sep 30 Conversation: Jonathan Franzen By Molly Finnegan The disintegration of a family in a very fractured and unsettled, post-9/11 America is told in "Freedom," the new novel by Jonathan Franzen. His last novel, "The Corrections," won the 2001 National Book Award. Continue reading
Sep 24 Conversation: Novelist Per Petterson, Author of ‘I Curse the River of Time’ By Molly Finnegan The bestselling Norwegian author Per Petterson became known to American readers over the last couple of years after his 2003 novel "Out Stealing Horses" was translated into English. He now has a new novel, "I Curse the River of Time". Continue reading