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Free Thinking

Marilynne Robinson, Jane Smiley, Richard Ford

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

In a special edition, Matthew Sweet explores depictions of American life and history with authors Marilynne Robinson, Jane Smiley and Richard Ford. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Marilynne Robinson
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Smiley
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Ford
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Free Thinking

Landmark: Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet and his guests, Jane Smiley, Jane Haynes, Christopher Prendergast and Marie Darrieussecq, explore Proust's great novel In Search of Lost Time. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Smiley
Interviewed Guest:
Marie Darrieussecq
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Prendergast
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr talks to historians Niall Ferguson and Gabriel Gorodetsky and American novelist Jane Smiley. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Niall Ferguson
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Smiley
Interviewed Guest:
Gabriel Gorodetsky
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Open Book

Jane Smiley on Some Luck; Africa 39

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup talks to Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley about her new novel Some Luck, the first in a planned trilogy. Plus the best new writing from Africa. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jane Smiley
Interviewed Guest:
Ellah Allfrey
Interviewed Guest:
Lynne Truss
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Franck