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Writers and Company - Francisco Goldman EncoreAug 4, 2013 | 51:49Writers and Company Francisco Goldman Encore Audio
Writers and Company Francisco Goldman Encore Aug 4, 2013 | 51:49Eleanor Wachtel spoke with Francisco Goldman, onstage, at the International Festival of Authors in October 2011. His most recent book is a haunting memoir called "Say Her Name", about the tragic death of his beautiful young wife, Aura.
Writers and Company - Deborah Eisenberg EncoreAug 4, 2013 | 53:16Writers and Company Deborah Eisenberg Encore Audio
Writers and Company Deborah Eisenberg Encore Aug 4, 2013 | 53:16During the summer, the weekly podcast and streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, from 2006, New York short story writer, Deborah Eisenberg.
Writers and Company - Jeanette Winterson EncoreJul 28, 2013 | 52:24Writers and Company Jeanette Winterson Encore Audio
Writers and Company Jeanette Winterson Encore Jul 28, 2013 | 52:24English writer Jeanette Winterson's adoptive mother said to her, "Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal?" That's the title of her memoir, and - both in the book, and in conversation - Winterson is remarkably funny and brutally honest.
Writers and Company - Dava Sobel EncoreJul 28, 2013 | 53:10Writers and Company Dava Sobel Encore Audio
Writers and Company Dava Sobel Encore Jul 28, 2013 | 53:10During the summer, the weekly streaming audio and bonus podcast will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor Wachtel's 2006 conversation with American science writer, Dava Sobel.
Writers and Company - Steve Sem Sandberg EncoreJul 21, 2013 | 52:42Writers and Company Steve Sem Sandberg Encore Audio
Writers and Company Steve Sem Sandberg Encore Jul 21, 2013 | 52:42This week, Swedish writer Steve Sem-Sandberg. A trip to the site of the Lodz ghetto in Poland led to the writing of his remarkable novel "The Emperor of Lies" - about the Nazi-appointed leader of the ghetto, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski.
Writers and Company - Mark Strand EncoreJul 21, 2013 | 51:15Writers and Company Mark Strand Encore Audio
Writers and Company Mark Strand Encore Jul 21, 2013 | 51:15During the summer, the weekly podcast and streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor's 1999 conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Mark Strand.
Writers and Company - Carol Shields CommemorationJul 17, 2013 | 50:43Writers and Company Carol Shields Commemoration Audio
Writers and Company Carol Shields Commemoration Jul 17, 2013 | 50:43Carol Shields was a remarkable writer, and a dear friend to Eleanor Wachtel. Ten years ago, on the day after her passing, we aired our 2002 interview with her about "Unless". This is the program we broadcast on 17 July 2003.
Writers and Company - Joyce Carol Oates EncoreJul 14, 2013 | 53:00Writers and Company Joyce Carol Oates Encore Audio
Writers and Company Joyce Carol Oates Encore Jul 14, 2013 | 53:00This week, the remarkably prolific American writer, Joyce Carol Oates. Eleanor Wachtel spoke with her, onstage, at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival in Montreal last year.
Writers and Company - Shirley Hazzard EncoreJul 14, 2013 | 52:44Writers and Company Shirley Hazzard Encore Audio
Writers and Company Shirley Hazzard Encore Jul 14, 2013 | 52:44During the summer, the weekly streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor Wachtel's 2003 conversation with Shirley Hazzard.
Writers and Company - Juan Gabriel Vasquez EncoreJul 7, 2013 | 52:47Writers and Company Juan Gabriel Vasquez Encore Audio
Writers and Company Juan Gabriel Vasquez Encore Jul 7, 2013 | 52:47Eleanor Wachtel speaks with critically acclaimed Colombian writer, Juan Gabriel Vasquez. Maria Vargas Llosa describes him as "one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature.
Writers and Company - Gloria Steinem EncoreJul 7, 2013 | 51:15Writers and Company Gloria Steinem Encore Audio
Writers and Company Gloria Steinem Encore Jul 7, 2013 | 51:15During the summer, the weekly bonus streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor's 2001 conversation with feminist icon, Gloria Steinem.
Writers and Company - Etgar Keret EncoreJun 30, 2013 | 52:30Writers and Company Etgar Keret Encore Audio
Writers and Company Etgar Keret Encore Jun 30, 2013 | 52:30This week, an encore presentation of Eleanor Wachtel's delightfully humorous, but also very touching, onstage conversation with Israeli short story writer, Etgar Keret.
Writers and Company - Bernardo Bertolucci EncoreJun 30, 2013 | 51:35Writers and Company Bernardo Bertolucci Encore Audio
Writers and Company Bernardo Bertolucci Encore Jun 30, 2013 | 51:35During the summer, the weekly bonus streaming will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor's 2001 conversation with Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.
Writers and Company - Julian Barnes EncoreJun 23, 2013 | 53:18Writers and Company Julian Barnes Encore Audio
Writers and Company Julian Barnes Encore Jun 23, 2013 | 53:18This week, an encore presentation of Eleanor Wachtel's remarkably expansive and personal conversation with English writer Julian Barnes. This interview is not currently available as a podcast.
Writers and Company - Jane Goodall EncoreJun 23, 2013 | 52:10Writers and Company Jane Goodall Encore Audio
Writers and Company Jane Goodall Encore Jun 23, 2013 | 52:10During the summer, the weekly bonus streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives that haven't been available as streaming before. This week, our conversation with primatologist Jane Goodall from the year 2000.

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