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Don Swaim Interviews

Audio Interviews with Martin Amis

Martin Amis, author of Yellow Dog, Money: A Suicide Note, The Rachel Papers and several others, speaks with Don Swaim about how he started writing. He also discusses Money and what he did to write the novel, and tells Don he asks himself the question,"Why am I writing this?" every time he adds to a story he is writing.

Listen in RealAudio to the Martin Amis interview with Don Swaim, April 1, 1985
(23 min. 22 sec.)

Martin Amis, 1985
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In this 1990 interview, Don Swaim and Martin Amis talk about how one successful novel can give enough financial security to an author so that he or she does not need to have a second job. Martin Amis continues talking about his own writings, however, the interview is cut off because the tape ends.

Listen in RealAudio to the Martin Amis interview with Don Swaim, March 7, 1990
(32 min. 04 sec.)

Martin Amis, 1990
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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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