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J. Peder Zane, Remarkable Reads

Season 7 Episode 701 | 27m 3s

D. G. Martin interviews J. Peder Zane about his book, 'Remarkable Reads.'

In personal essays that read like short stories, writers describe their life-altering encounters with books. Can books be dangerous, elegant, or sad? Can books be tempting, or smokin', or double-d-daring? Can they compel you to hitchhike to the middle of Mexico, fall in love with snakes, or question your sanity? Of course they can. Writers including Jonathan Lethem, Haven Kimmel, Charles Frazier,

07/10/2004 | Rating NR

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J. Peder Zane, Remarkable Reads

Season 7 Episode 701 | 27m 3s

In personal essays that read like short stories, writers describe their life-altering encounters with books. Can books be dangerous, elegant, or sad? Can books be tempting, or smokin', or double-d-daring? Can they compel you to hitchhike to the middle of Mexico, fall in love with snakes, or question your sanity? Of course they can. Writers including Jonathan Lethem, Haven Kimmel, Charles Frazier,

07/10/2004 | Rating NR

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