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Writers and Company with Eleanor Wachtel

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CBC Radio's Writers and Company offers an opportunity to explore in depth the lives, thoughts and works of remarkable writers from around the world. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.

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May 19, 2019: Doris Lessing on how her childhood in Zimbabwe shaped her visionary fiction
53:13
May 12, 2019: Imani Perry on the remarkable life and legacy of Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun
1:02:53
May 5, 2019: Whit Stillman on Jane Austen's diabolical, amoral and utterly charming Lady Susan
52:30
April 28, 2019: Widely-acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney offers a sharp and witty take on love, sex, class and politics
53:18
April 21, 2019: Looking back at the extraordinary Simone de Beauvoir on the 70th anniversary of The Second Sex
53:09
April 14, 2019: How the true story of the 'American Taliban' led to John Wray's new novel, Godsend
57:52
April 7, 2019: William Atkins on the beauty, myths and harsh realities of desert life
55:44
March 31, 2019: Aatish Taseer on religion, caste and power in modern India
1:00:35
March 24, 2019: How John Grisham turned his passion for justice into bestselling legal thrillers
52:46
March 17, 2019: To mark St. Patrick's Day, a conversation with Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney
52:50

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