Amitav Ghosh
In conversation with Michael Silverblatt, host of KCRW 89.9 FM's Bookworm
Set in Calcutta in 1838, this sprawling adventure by the internationally acclaimed author weaves together numerous intricate stories encompassing poverty and riches, despair and hope, and the long-fingered reach of the opium trade run by Britain between India and China. Amitav Ghosh is the internationally bestselling author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novel The Glass Palace.
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Due to a scheduling conflict, this program will be held at the Pacific Asia Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 12 instead of the originally scheduled date of Nov. 20.
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Amitav Ghosh is the internationally bestselling author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novel The Glass Palace, and the recipient of numerous prizes and awards. He divides his time between Kolkata and Goa, India, and Brooklyn, New York.
Michael Silverblatt is the host and guiding spirit of KCRW's half-hour radio show "Bookworm," where he introduces listeners to new and emerging authors along with writers of renown. Silverblatt's formidable knowledge comes from close reading and analysis of a writer's entire oeuvre. Susan Sontag called him "a national treasure. A New York native, Silverblatt graduated from the State University of New York in Buffalo and later took advanced courses at Johns Hopkins. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s where he worked in motion picture public relations and script development. He created "Bookworm" for KCRW-FM in 1989.
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