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Edmund White Discusses his Biography of Genet.

Writer Edmund White. He has been called "unquestionably the foremost American gay novelist." White's novels draw significantly from his own experiences in a style he calls "auto-fiction." In his newest book, "Genet: A Biography" (Knopf), White documents the life of controversial French writer, Jean Genet. (The book just won the National Book Critic's Circle Award for biography). Genet had a reputation as a dandy, a thief, a vagabond --- a "thug of genius." White calls him "one of France's most original and forceful novelists of the twentieth century." White has also written "Forgetting Elena," "A Boy's Own Story," and six other books of fiction and non-fiction. (REBROADCAST from 11/8/93).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 18, 1994: Interview with Edmund White; Interview with Alan Lomax; Review of the film "Reality Bites."
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Folklorist Alan Lomax Preserves Traditional Music.

Folklorist Alan Lomax. He's spent more than a half century recording the folk music and customs of the world. Here in America, he's responsible for priceless recordings of Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Jelly Roll Morton, and many others. (REBROADCAST from 7/9/90). LOMAX won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his non-fiction book, "The Land Where the Blues Began."

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A Heartening Film.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the film "Reality Bites," a comedy about Love in the '90's, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke.

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Edmund White Discusses his Biography of Genet.

Writer Edmund White. He has been called "unquestionably the foremost American gay novelist." White's novels draw significantly from his own experiences in a style he calls "auto-fiction." In his newest book, "Genet: A Biography" (Knopf), White documents the life of controversial French writer, Jean Genet.

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Edmund White's 'Lives'

Edmund White has been writing about gay culture in fiction and nonfiction since the 1970s. He has a new autobiography, My Lives. White is director of the creative writing program at Princeton University.

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Edmund White's 'Arts and Letters'

Edmund White has been writing about gay culture in fiction and nonfiction since the 1970s. His new book is a collection of his essays, Arts and Letters. White is director of the creative writing program at Princeton University.

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