T. Gertler talks with Don Swaim in this 1984 interview about her hunger for knowledge, and her experiences moving back to New York City after having grown up in Miami Beach. Gertler wanted to be a “writer” and not just a “woman writer,” as so many women are categorized. She also discusses the concept of her novel, Elbowing the Seducer.

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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.