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The dangers of just dipping
A far worse sin than not having read a guest’s book, is to try and dip into it quickly and pretend you’ve read it, as this anecdote from Gail Williams illustrates, during an email forum featuring radio host Angie Coiro on The Well, July 2006: I [once] asked a question of an author… based on [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2007 under Arts Beat, Asking Questions, Entertainment Beat, Radio Interview Case Studies.
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Don’t ask about the white birds
Love this story about Ernest Hemingway being interviewed by George Plimpton, as told by Philip Gourevitch, the current editor of the Paris Review, who was interviewed on Powells.com by Dave Weich. Gourevitch: A few days ago I was in L.A., and I was talking about the book [The Paris Review Interviews, Vol I] with Stephen [...]
Posted: February 1st, 2007 under Arts Beat, Asking Questions, George Plimpton, History of Print Interviews, Interviewer Experiences.
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