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Audio Interviews with Robert Stone

Robert Stone, author of Children of Light, Damascus Gate, A Flag for Sunrise, and A Hall of Mirrors, explains how the bestseller list sounds better than it really is. Stone discusses England's stereotypes and recites some influential poetry for Don Swaim in this 1986 interview.

Listen to the Robert Stone interview with Don Swaim, 1986
(47 min. 30 sec.)

In this 1992 interview with Don Swaim, Robert Stone talks about what he learned in the U.S. Navy. He remembers Ken Kesey, Jack Cassady, the Merry Pranksters and reads from his novel, Outerbridge Reach.

Listen to the Robert Stone interview with Don Swaim, 1992
(37 min. 25 sec.)