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10-26-11: Commentary : Jana Marcus Documents 'Transfigurations' : Transsexual Journeys

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Jana Marcus : "'Transfigurations' is a real opportunity to stare."

10-20-11: Commentary : My Life in the Bush of Books : Dr. Rick Wilber, Jonathan Lethem and Art Spiegelman Edition

10-25-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Podcast Update: Time to Read, Episode 15: Russell Banks : Lost Memory of Skin

10-24-11: Commentary : Five Degrees of Latitude : Literary Ripping Yarns

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Michael Reynier : "I just started typing..."

10-20-11: Commentary : My Life in the Bush of Books : Dr. Rick Wilber, Jonathan Lethem and Art Spiegelman Edition

Agony Column Podcast News Report : Lisa Goldstein Reads at SF in SF : The Bondmaid's Tale

10-19-11: Commentary : Lisa Goldstein Visits 'The Uncertain Places' : Social Surrealism from Another Direction

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Lisa Goldstein at SF in SF : "I couldn't put it down, I had to finish it."

10-18-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report UPDATE : Time to Read, Episode 14: Lisa Randall : Knocking on Heaven's Door

10-17-11: Commentary : Russell Banks' 'Lost Memory Of Skin' : Social Surrealism

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Russell Banks : "They are in a sense, permanently marked and thrown into this darkness..."

10-14-11: Commentary : Jacqueline Novogratz Exports 'The Blue Sweater' : Mind the Gap

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Phone Interview with Jacqueline Novogratz : "I'm sorry...I'm at the airport in Dubai, and it's pretty chaotic."

10-13-11: Commentary : The Business of Unreality : Novels Explore the Virtual World

Agony Column Podcast News Report : The Agony Column Live with Tad Williams and Deborah Beale : "Her style was different, our styles were very different."

10-12-11: Commentary : Mario Guslandi Reviews 'House of Fear' Edited by Jonathan Oliver : "Arguably the Best"

Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Books With Alan Cheuse : 'IQ84' by Haruki Murakami, 'Assumption' by Percival Everett, 'Zone One' by Colson Whitehead

10-11-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report UPDATE : Podcast Update: Time to Read, Episode 13: Erin Morgenstern : The Night Circus

10-10-11: Commentary : Lisa Randall is 'Knocking on Heaven's Door' : Science, Particles and Civilization

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Lisa Randall : "I gave it to religious people, I gave it to non-religious people and both were unhappy with what I wrote."

10-05-11: Commentary : Ruth Rendell Opens 'The Vault' : Wexford Follows Up

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Ruth Rendell : "Oh, I could kill him."

10-04-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report UPDATE: Podcast Update: Time to Read, Episode 12: Neal Stephenson : REAMDE

10-03-11: Commentary : Erin Morgenstern Presents 'The Night Circus' : The Supernatural Stage

Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Erin Morgenstern : "I'm always kind of a fantastical writer."

09-29-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Phone Interview with Russell Banks : "I don't find plotting all that hard once I have the characters in place."

09-28-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Meg Wolitzer : "I really think you need to respect the antsyness of kids."

09-26-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Neal Stephenson, Plus Live Reading and Q and A : "Here you're asking me to engage into more self-examination than is my wont..."

09-19-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with Lev Grossman : "I'm gonna write it ... and if Viking doesn't publish it, everyone can just come over to my house and look at it on my laptop."

09-12-11: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2011 Interview with George Pelecanos : "...maybe somebody's trying to tell me to write a book about this guy Spero."

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