Writers Speak

A Collection of Interviews with Writers on Fresh Air with Terry Gross

This audio is like an informal writing clinic, as you listen to these writers talk about their lives, experiences and, of course, their writing. While you are listening, Terry Gross draws out from these great writers the answers to your questions, just as the query begins to form in your own head.

Listen to Terry's conversations with Stephen King, Maurice Sendak, Richard Price, Philip Roth, James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Johnson, John Updike, David Rakoff, Fran Lebowitz, David Sedaris, and Billy Collins.

Then, hear the works of Stephen King, Maurice Sendak, Richard Price, Philip Roth, James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, John Updike, David Rakoff, David Sedaris, and Billy Collins.

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Writers Speak

Endlessly fascinating and well produced. Gross is a great interviewer and leads rather than dominates the conversation.