Podcast: Bookworm.

Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.

Edmund White “A Saint from Texas”

Several kinds of novels in one, Edmund White’s “A Saint from Texas” is so good you might forget a novel can be this good.

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Elizabeth Wetmore: ‘Valentine’ (Part Two)

Elizabeth Wetmore’s “Valentine” is an impressive demonstration of the power of the voices of women.

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Elizabeth Wetmore: ‘Valentine’ (Part One)

Elizabeth Wetmore discusses her debut novel, “Valentine,” and Southern conservatism that wants to steer clear of the uglier parts of life.

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Margot Livesey: “The Boy in the Field”

Life and story go hand in hand in Margot Livesey’s “The Boy in the Field.”

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