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Writing and the immigrant experience.

Conversations with authors Frank McCourt, Edwidge Danticat, Jhumpa Lahiri, Oscar Hijuelos, Jeffrey Eugenides, and historian Carlos Eire.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Arlington, Va.] : MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, [2008]
Series:Best of MacNeil/Lehrer.
Subjects:
McCourt, Frank > Interviews.
Lahiri, Jhumpa > Interviews.
Hijuelos, Oscar > Interviews.
Eugenides, Jeffrey > Interviews.
Eire, Carlos M. N. > Interviews.
Danticat, Edwidge, > 1969- > Interviews.
Danticat, Edwidge, > 1969-
Eire, Carlos M. N.
Eugenides, Jeffrey.
Hijuelos, Oscar.
Lahiri, Jhumpa.
McCourt, Frank.
Authors, American > 20th century > Interviews.
Authors, American > 21st century > Interviews.
Authors, American.
1900-2099
Interviews.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Conversations with authors Frank McCourt, Edwidge Danticat, Jhumpa Lahiri, Oscar Hijuelos, Jeffrey Eugenides, and historian Carlos Eire.
Item Description:Title from original disc label.
Originally broadcast as segments of the television program The Newshour with Jim Lehrer in 1997-2004.
"The immigrant experience has inspired one of the richest strands in American literature. The writers in this collection of conversations from "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" discuss how that experience has influenced their writing."
Physical Description:1 online resource (Streaming video files (55 min.))