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Don Swaim Interviews

Audio Interviews with Joseph Heller
and Speed Vogel

Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller saw the title of his classic novel, Catch-22, become an accepted phrase of the English language. Join Don Swaim in this 1984 conversation with Joseph Heller as they talk about writing, growing up, growing old and Heller's novels, Catch-22 and God Knows.

Listen to the Joseph Heller interview with Don Swaim, September 19, 1984
(33 min. 43 sec.)

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Joseph Heller returns to the studio with co-author and friend Speed Vogel in this 1986 interview. Heller and Vogel collaborated on the novel No Laughing Matter, which is a personal account of Heller's recovery from Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

Listen to the Joseph Heller and Speed Vogel interview with Don Swaim, January 29, 1986 (23 min. 45 sec.)

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.

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