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Tin House Live : Denis Johnson : 2003

1h 30m · Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry · 05 Jan 02:10

We are kicking off the new year with a serious blast from the past. A recording from the very first Tin House writers workshop in the summer of 2003 with novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and screenwriter Denis Johnson. This three-part episode includes a remarkable reading from Johnson’s novella Train Dreams,an interview of Johnson […]

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