Podcast Episodes featuring Jane Smiley

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The Secrets to Delighting in Your Work, featuring Jane Smiley

Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers - October 21, 2019 07:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 372 ratings
This week’s episode features the great American novelist Jane Smiley, who speaks with Brooke and Grant about enjoying her work, the fickle nature of critical acclaim, and how she’s able to write so ambitiously. As the author of more than 20 books, Jane has deep wisdom to impart about the role the...

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Sean Penn in conversation with Jane Smiley

Live Talks Los Angeles - May 19, 2018 04:07 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Sean Penn in conversation with Jane Smiley at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing his debut novel, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. The talk took place on April 2, 2018 at The Moss Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.  For more information on Live Talks Los Angeles, visit www.livetalksla.org

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Charmaine Craig in conversation with Jane Smiley

Live Talks Los Angeles - July 22, 2017 21:51 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Charmaine Craig in conversation with Jane Smiley at Live Talks Los Angeles, May 10, 2017, discussing her novel, "Miss Burma."   The talk took place at the William Turner Gallery at Bergamot Station Arts Center in  Santa Monica, CA. This event is part of our Newer Voices Series. — Q&A with C...

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Shakespeare: From Page to Stage with Jane Smiley

Mondavi Center Presents (Video) - December 01, 2008 20:00 - 58 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Performances and discussions from the Mondavi Center at UC Davis.

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Shakespeare: From Page to Stage with Jane Smiley

Mondavi Center Presents (Audio) - December 01, 2008 20:00 - 58 minutes
Performances and discussions from the Mondavi Center at UC Davis.

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Jane Smiley

World Book Club - April 01, 2008 13:59 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 335 ratings
Best-selling American author Jane Smiley discusses A Thousand Acres, her ambitious re-imagining of Shakespeare's King Lear transposed onto an Iowan farmstead, which won the Pulitzer Prize.

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Jane Smiley

Bookclub - January 03, 1999 16:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 208 ratings
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to American author Jane Smiley about A Thousand Acres, her novel based on the King Lear story.

Books written by Jane Smiley

Ten Days in the Hills
Jane Smiley

1 Episode - 450 pages - ★★★ - 1.48K ratings

A Thousand Acres
Jane Smiley

371 pages - ★★★★ - 51.7K ratings

The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
Jane Smiley

452 pages - ★★★★ - 2.08K ratings

The Age of Grief
Jane Smiley

224 pages - ★★★★ - 1.34K ratings