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Open Book

AM Homes, NHS in fiction, Tommy Orange

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

A M Homes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new short story collection Days of Awe, which features a cast of characters grappling with the anxieties of modern life.

Tommy Orange discusses the canon of Native American literature.

The Wellcome Collection's Kirty Topiwala considers how fiction has approached the NHS.

And novelist Wyl Menmuir reflects on the appeal of hands on hobbies for writers. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
AM Homes
Interviewed Guest:
Tommy Orange
Interviewed Guest:
Kirty Topiwala
Interviewed Guest:
Wyl Menmuir

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