Paul Auster, author of Oracle Night, The New York Trilogy: City of Glass, Ghosts, the Locked Room, Invention of Solitude and many more, talks about his writing in this 1987 interview with Don Swaim. By the time he was 9 or 10, he was already starting to write poems and stories. From there, he continued to write throughout his life and became a published writer. When he is writing, he tries to create a character that struggles to stay human in the midst of horror.

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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.