NPR’s Scott Simon, veteran journalist, war correspondent and host of Weekend Edition with Scott Simon talks to host Frank Stasio about his new novel, “Pretty Birds” (Random House/2005.)
“Pretty Birds” tells the story of Irena, a basketball playing, Madonna loving, half Serb, half Muslim teenager in Sarajevo about the seige of the city and the brutal Bosnian war. (59:00) (Listener Call-in)
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Scott Simon
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Martin Clark
Thursday, August 18th, 2005As a circuit court Judge in southern Virginia, Martin Clark has seen a long parade of hardened criminals and hapless losers. He’s transformed several real life defendants into characters in his novels “The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living” (Knopf/2000) and “Plain Heathen Mischief” (Knopf/2004). Melinda Penkava talks to Martin Clark about his work as a judge and the workings of his novels. Listener Call-in. (32:00)
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