Ep 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 2

Jun 17, 2010 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 2
Recorded 19 April  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn and guest John Wray

Synopsis:

Literary author John Wray joins the group for a round of bookbabbling, and ended staying for over 2 hours!  Learn a little more about this talented author of works such as The Right Hand of Sleep, Canaan’s Tongue and his latest novel, Lowboy.  Also, find out why he is compelled to maintain a ‘state of slight illness, indefinitely’.

Remember to check out part 1 of this interview.

(Photo Credit: Washington Post)

Show Length: 1:16:26

John Wray on the Net:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wray_%28novelist%29
• http://www.johnwray.net/
• twitter.com/john_wray

Novels:

• Canaan’s Tongue
• Lowboy
• The Right Hand of Sleep

Links:

• http://books.google.dk/books?id=7XuHeJ7mAf0C&dq=john+wray+The+Right+Hand+of+Sleep+won+prize%3F&source=bl&ots=DJ_G6I6reF&sig=Kcsx2UaRj2t6YLE5an5–IJQSqI&hl=da&ei=PCbLS5THJZKoOPSamKwG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB8Q6AEwBA
• Kurt Bauer
• http://www.amazon.de/Retter-Welt-John-Wray/dp/3498073621/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271605150&sr=8-3
• Peter Knecht
• http://www.amazon.com/Motherless-Brooklyn-Jonathan-Lethem/dp/0571226329/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271606021&sr=8-1
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivka_Galchen
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colson_Whitehead
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault
• http://www.insound.com/Marmalade_Beautiful_Soup_MP3/productmain/p/INS35105/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Musil
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Anderson
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Hazzard
• http://shigekuni.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/slopover-shirley-hazzards-the-bay-of-noon/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_the_Artist
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Adams_%28character%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tutuola
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_%28novel%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Paul_Schreber
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haneke
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Ribbon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bowen
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walser_%28writer%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kurzeck
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vlautin
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/20/northline-vlautin-review
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Mountain
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._T._Lowe-Porter
• Merete Pryds Helle
• http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/455278-Facts_Figures_2009_Revised.php
• Hans Henny Jann
• Perrudja
• Fluß Ohne Ufer
• Jahnn
• Reinhard Jirgl
• Arno Schmidt
• Thomas Vinterberg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_All_About_Love
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Wendy
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarino
• Brian Evenson "The Open Curtain"
• http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14120-true-love-cast-out-all-evil/
• Cornelis Vreeswijk

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Ep 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 1

Jun 17, 2010 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 1
Recorded 19 April  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn and guest John Wray

Synopsis:

Literary author John Wray joins the group for a round of bookbabbling, and ended staying for over 2 hours!  Learn a little more about this talented author of works such as The Right Hand of Sleep, Canaan’s Tongue and his latest novel, Lowboy.  Also, find out why he is compelled to maintain a ‘state of slight illness, indefinitely’.

Remember to check out part 2 of this interview.

(Photo Credit: Complex.com)

Show Length: 1:01:19

Links:

• 3 Part Q&A with John Wray:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgp3hIAEvfc
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpG8GCvIHg&feature=related
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZwxbbOwuE8&feature=related
• John Wray reads to commuters
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3_3xzxIQVY

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