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Seaman, Donna (Editor); Atwood, Margaret; Carey, Peter; Lopez, Barry; Lee, Chang-rae & Others : Writers On The Air: Conversations About Books

Paul Dry Books, Philadelphia, PA, 2005

ISBN 1589880218

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 470 pages. Retrospective collection of author interviews. One of the most valuable collections of its kind ever undertaken and published. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents, in its collectible Hardcover Edition, Donna Seaman's "Writers On The Air". The brilliant reviewer and literary chronicler's literary interviews. "Brings to print for the very first time Donna Seaman's vibrant author interviews from her Chicago-based radio program, Open Books. Authors discuss their inspirations, their favorite books, their working and research habits. Seaman also connects the author's books with other writing, creating constellations of related books and ideas in order to introduce readers to wonderful writing they might not discover on their own. Seaman created her radio show, Open Books, in 1994 and has been co-producer and host ever since, conducting interviews with dozens of fiction writers, poets, essayists, memoirists, and nature writers. 'Writers on The Air' includes interviews with Diane Ackerman, Margaret Atwood, Lynda Barry, Madison Smartt Bell, Dennis Bock, T. C. Boyle, Peter Carey, Sandra Cisneros, Wade Davis, Chitra Divakaruni, Stuart Dybek, Julia Glass, Lee Gutkind, Aleksandar Hemon, Edward Hirsch, Edward P. Jones, Ward Just, Jamaica Kincaid, Alex Kotlowitz, Chang-rae Lee, Alan Lightman, Phillip Lopate, Barry Lopez, Alice McDermott, Anchee Min, Sy Montgomery, Kate Moses, Joyce Carol Oates, Alex Shakar, Paul West, Colson Whitehead, and Terry Tempest Williams, among others" (Publisher's blurb). A gathering of fugitive pieces, now contained in one elegant volume. An absolute "must-have" title for Modern First and contemporary literature collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Donna Seaman. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It is also very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution (Page 167) by Aleksandar Hemon. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Some of the greatest writers in the English language of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO "BOMB: THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWS" AND "BY THE BOOK" TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1589880218.

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