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Episodes

1. 15

   Jeffrey Eugenides Answers Readers’ Questions

   Jeffrey Eugenides stopped by the FSG offices a couple weeks ago, in advance of his book tour for The Marriage Plot. We used the opportunity to let his Facebook fans Read More » The post Jeffrey Eugenides Answers Readers’ Questions first appeared on Work in Progress.

   Oct 13, 2011
2. 14

   Jorge Luis Borges: Borges and I

   This newly translated piece by Jorge Luis Borges appears in The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry. Ilan Stavans, the book’s editor and the translator of “Borges and I,” Read More » The post Jorge Luis Borges: Borges and I first appeared on Work in Progress.

   May 17, 2011
3. 13

   Editor & Author: Jonathan Galassi and Gjertrud Schnackenberg

   Heavenly Questions, Gjertrud Schnackenberg’s recently published sixth book of poems, is a remarkably moving and, perhaps surprisingly, exhilarating work, given that it is an elegy for the poet’s late husband, Read More » The post Editor & Author: Jonathan Galassi and Gjertrud Schnackenberg first...

   Jan 16, 2011
4. 12

   The Archives: Mark Strand Reads Joseph Brodsky

   We’ve noticed a surge of interest in Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky centered around the recent New York Times article “Venice in Winter” and the use of poetry as travel guide. Read More » The post The Archives: Mark Strand Reads Joseph Brodsky first appeared on Work in Progress.

   Dec 16, 2010
5. 11

   Our Live National Event with Michael Sandel

   I took a quick trip to Boston last weekend to produce our teleforum event with Harvard’s Michael Sandel and his book Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? By our Read More » The post Our Live National Event with Michael Sandel first appeared on Work in Progress.

   Nov 16, 2010
6. 10

   President Barack Obama on Nelson Mandela

   It’s a privilege to help usher in Nelson Mandela’s Conversations with Myself, an international publishing event. We’ve selected President Barack Obama’s foreword to the book as our monthly exclusive for Work Read More » The post President Barack Obama on Nelson Mandela first appeared on Work in...

   Oct 14, 2010
7. 9

   An Interview with Dan Bejar of Destroyer

   Dan Bejar is something of a musical polymath. He releases albums as the front man for Destroyer while collaborating with the New Pornographers and playing as a member of indie Read More » The post An Interview with Dan Bejar of Destroyer first appeared on Work in Progress.

   Sep 16, 2010
8. 8

   The Archives: Alice McDermott

   A few months before Charming Billy‘s publication in December 1997, Alice McDermott recorded a brief interview about the novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux then distributed the audio – on cassette – Read More » The post The Archives: Alice McDermott first appeared on Work in Progress.

   Aug 15, 2010
9. 7

   The Archives: Susan Sontag

   “It is difficult, as you know, to create interest in new writers.” -FSG letter introducing Susan Sontag’s first book, 1963 FSG has published Susan Sontag since her debut novel The Read More » The post The Archives: Susan Sontag first appeared on Work in Progress.

   Jul 14, 2010