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1 online resource (Streaming video files (55 min.)) |
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The best of MacNeil/Lehrer |
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Best of MacNeil/Lehrer
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| Contents |
Conversation: Frank McCourt (Mar. 17, 1997) -- Conversation: Jhumpa Lahiri (April 12, 2000) -- Conversation: Oscar Hijuelos (Aug. 29, 2000) -- Conversation: Jeffrey Eugenides (June 17, 2003) -- Conversation: Jhumpa Lahiri (Oct. 16, 2003) -- Conversation: Carlos Eire (Nov. 25, 2003) -- Conversation: Edwidge Danticat (May 5, 2004) |
| Summary |
Conversations with authors Frank McCourt, Edwidge Danticat, Jhumpa Lahiri, Oscar Hijuelos, Jeffrey Eugenides, and historian Carlos Eire |
| Notes |
Title from original disc label |
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Originally broadcast as segments of the television program The Newshour with Jim Lehrer in 1997-2004 |
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"The immigrant experience has inspired one of the richest strands in American literature. The writers in this collection of conversations from "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" discuss how that experience has influenced their writing." |
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Videodisc version record |
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McCourt, Frank -- Interviews
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Lahiri, Jhumpa -- Interviews
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Hijuelos, Oscar -- Interviews
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Eugenides, Jeffrey -- Interviews
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Eire, Carlos M. N. -- Interviews
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Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- -- Interviews
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Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- |
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Eire, Carlos M. N. |
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Eugenides, Jeffrey. |
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Hijuelos, Oscar. |
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Lahiri, Jhumpa. |
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McCourt, Frank. |
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews
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Authors, American -- 21st century -- Interviews
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Authors, American.
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Interviews.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
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