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Ann Patchett: Reading from Her Fiction

Literature, Art, and Cultural Studies

English - March 15, 2006 17:00 - 42 minutes - 9.71 MB - ★★★ - 7 ratings
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Ann Patchett reads from her novel-in-progress, Run, set in Boston. Patchett is the author of four novels, including Bel Canto (HarperCollins, 2001), winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her most recent book is Truth & Beauty (HarperCollins, 2004), a memoir about her long and complicated friendship with the late poet Lucy Grealy.

Patchett is introduced by Elizabeth Graver, professor of English.

Speaker: Ann Patchett
Date: March 15, 2006
Length: 42:23