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9781771960748 English 1771960744 " Eleanor's] sense of respect, her tact, her utter lack of obsequiousness . . . and her uncanny ability to ask difficult questions . . . have endeared her to readers and listeners." Carol ShieldsEleanor Wachtel is one of the English-speaking world's most respected interviewers. This book, celebrating her show's twenty-five-year anniversary, presents her best conversations from the show, including Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, J.M. Coetzee, Zadie Smith, W.G. Sebald, Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney, and nearly a dozen others who share their views on process and the writing life.Eleanor Wachtel has been host of CBC Radio's Writers & Company since its inception in 1990.", "[Eleanor's] sense of respect, her tact, her utter lack of obsequiousness . . . and her uncanny ability to ask difficult questions . . . have endeared her to readers and listeners."Carol Shields Eleanor Wachtel is one of the English-speaking world's most respected interviewers. This book, celebrating her show's twenty-five-year anniversary, presents her best conversations from the show, including Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, J.M. Coetzee, Zadie Smith, W.G. Sebald, Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney, and nearly a dozen others who share their views on process and the writing life. Eleanor Wachtel has been host of CBC Radio's Writers & Company since its inception in 1990., Here I am, sitting with my headphones on, in a studio ... waiting for the hook-up to a studio in London or New York or Berlin; or on stage at a festival, or at a writer's home in another country, full of anticipation. I've done the research, I've read the books. I fee! like I've crammed for an exam; I have it all in the front of my head. Who this writer is. Dozens of questions have been prepared; it's like a road map, though neither the route nor the destination is a sure thing, in fact, the best part is when the writer pauses to think, when something unexpected happens, surprising. Now it begins. Book jacket.
9781771960748 English 1771960744 " Eleanor's] sense of respect, her tact, her utter lack of obsequiousness . . . and her uncanny ability to ask difficult questions . . . have endeared her to readers and listeners." Carol ShieldsEleanor Wachtel is one of the English-speaking world's most respected interviewers. This book, celebrating her show's twenty-five-year anniversary, presents her best conversations from the show, including Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, J.M. Coetzee, Zadie Smith, W.G. Sebald, Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney, and nearly a dozen others who share their views on process and the writing life.Eleanor Wachtel has been host of CBC Radio's Writers & Company since its inception in 1990.", "[Eleanor's] sense of respect, her tact, her utter lack of obsequiousness . . . and her uncanny ability to ask difficult questions . . . have endeared her to readers and listeners."Carol Shields Eleanor Wachtel is one of the English-speaking world's most respected interviewers. This book, celebrating her show's twenty-five-year anniversary, presents her best conversations from the show, including Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, J.M. Coetzee, Zadie Smith, W.G. Sebald, Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney, and nearly a dozen others who share their views on process and the writing life. Eleanor Wachtel has been host of CBC Radio's Writers & Company since its inception in 1990., Here I am, sitting with my headphones on, in a studio ... waiting for the hook-up to a studio in London or New York or Berlin; or on stage at a festival, or at a writer's home in another country, full of anticipation. I've done the research, I've read the books. I fee! like I've crammed for an exam; I have it all in the front of my head. Who this writer is. Dozens of questions have been prepared; it's like a road map, though neither the route nor the destination is a sure thing, in fact, the best part is when the writer pauses to think, when something unexpected happens, surprising. Now it begins. Book jacket.