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By Mark Flanagan, About.com Guide to Contemporary Literature since 2003

The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers

Monday December 26, 2005

A collection of conversations between writers and their "mentors," taken from the pages of The Believer, along with previously unpublished conversations. The topics discussed range from writing and craft to Buddhism, infinity, politics, and mountain climbing.

Interviews include Zadie Smith talking with Ian McEwan; Jonathan Lethem talking with Paul Auster; Adam Thirlwell talking with Tom Stoppard; Susan Choi talking with Francisco Goldman; ZZ Packer talking with Edward P. Jones; Dave Eggers talking with David Foster Wallace; Julie Orringer talking with Tobias Wolff; and Ben Marcus talking with George Saunders.

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