Harold Brodkey Interview with Don Swaim

Audio Interview with Harold Brodkey

In this 1988 interview Don Swaim and Harold Brodkey discuss meeting strangers, the interview process, and what the word genius means to him, as he has been called a genius by many people. He discusses his work for The New Yorker, and the process of writing his novel, The Party of Animals.

Listen to the Harold Brodkey interview with Don Swaim, September 28, 1988
(39 min. 57 sec.)

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Harold Brodkey is on a publicity tour for his book The Runaway Soul, and stops by to discuss the book with Don in this 1992 interview. The two discuss the reviews the book has recieved, and compare the book to Brodkey's earlier publication, Stories in an Almost Classical Mode.

Listen to the Harold Brodkey interview with Don Swaim, October 23, 1992
(41 min. 52 sec.)

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.

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