Robert Stone Interview with Don Swaim

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, March 27, 1986
(47 min. 30 sec.)

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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, February 16, 1992
(37 min. 25 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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