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05/22/2007
Erica Wagner
A conversation with novelist Erica Wagner
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Erica Wagner, literary editor of The Times of London, discusses her first novel, "Seizure".
Erica Wagner's Literary Top 10
Erica Wagner's Literary Top 10
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hello, I've just finished my comic book titled,Troy and Dean,in the lost diamonds of Flinders island. I'm looking for a publisher and distributor,could you please recommend me one. Thanks neves kitoko nkitoko@yahoo.com.au 0412 141 292
Erica, thank you for the recommendation -Riders in the Chariot IS amazing. I loved it!
A couple of people have asked about the Patrick White novel I mentioned: it's Riders in the Chariot. Amazing. Erica
Hey Chuck - so 73 year old guys aren't dangerous? How disappointing. I like her a lot, too. I enjoy writers so much and this is one of the few places I can hear them. I will have to get all the books! I already picked one up for this long weekend...
AS ALWAYS - ANOTHER FASCINATING PERSON I WOULD NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IF IT WERE NOT FOR CHARLIE ROSE. THANK YOU - EVERY DAY I LEARN SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE OF YOU. I AM ORDERING THE TRANSCRIPT OF THIS INTERVIEW. SO MUCH TO LEARN - THANK YOU - GLORIA VALENTINO
I think books in the future will be a hybrid of static text and moving and updating images and or information. Possibly proofing. How? With electronic Ink and I think its cooming.
I enjoyed your interview with Erika Wagner very much. I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery shop today and bought a copy of "A Story As Sharp As A Knife". It looks like a great read.
Which Patrick White novel is recommended as the best introduction to his works?
I would like to receive the top 10 list. I could not understand the title of the book "Master Works of the Classical ????? and Their World" by Robert Bringer?????
I am absolutely mesmerized by Erica Wagner - no, I am actually in love with her! Damn! I am 73 years old, so I guess she is safe. What an absolutely wonderfully charming, intelligent person. I immediately ordered her new book "Seizure" and can't wait to get started on it. Annnnnd I love the hair style -bold and beautiful.
I watch Charlie Rose often. I listened to the interview with Erica Wagner. I intend on reading her novel "Seizure". I am 49. I have had temporal lobe epilepsy since the age of 7. (39 percent of people with epilepsy have intractable epilepsy - they have breakthrough seizures not controlled by medicine). I was fortunate enough to be a candidate for temporal lobectomy 3 yrs ago. (Lobectomy surgery has only become available in the last 12 to 15 yrs. I would have had a lobectomy years ago had it been developed in my young lifetime. If I was born at the turn of the century -pre-antiseizure medications. I would have died from seizures at a young age. For the most part, I do not have seizures anymore. I am always discouraged and amazed that people can still percieve seizures to be anything other than an electrical misfire in the brain. Historically, seizures were viewed as "other worldy, insane, ethereal". Sorry to ruin the excitement but like many other disorders, diseases, whatever you want to term them, medical science continues to learn more about the disease and most importantly learn how to treat it. Sometimes, in the case of surgery, we are learning how to reduce or eliminate a seizure disorder. I have hundreds of seizures in my lifetime. Not once did I ever think it was "exciting, remarkable, spiritual, etheral". No, I felt sick afterwards and I was just mad that my brain was sick. I wanted to feel good and never have to expect the unexpected - a seizure when I was driving, or holding my child, or working as en engineer in the field. Perhaps you can invite a physician or researcher whose life pursuit is to develop treatments for controlling or elimianting seizures. I think the whole world needs to continue to learn the problems from seizures and the work that is being done (somewhat successfully) to control it.
Funny, I just looked on Amazon and A Story as Sharp as a Knife is #151 bestseller in books today. I bet yesterday it was in the high hundred-thousands. The power of Charlie Rose ...
It's just so nice to put on a program and spend same pretious time with 2 inteligent people.I salut PBS and Charlie Rose;I admire the way Erica Wagner talked and handle herself.
Melissa, yes I caught that too. But, Mr. Rose is not as young as he used to be, so, if he misses a ten footer but goes in for the rebound, I'll cut him some slack. It is okay to miss a small one in the excitement of the interview...
During Erica's top 10, she was aked what is her best first line in a book? It was the first sentence in Jane Eyre. "There was no possibility of taking walk that day" Charlie said "Jane Austen" as if it were written by Jane Austen. Jane Eyre, of course, was written by Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Did anyone else catch that? Other than that, it was a great, great interview. I loved it.
There is a link to Erica Wagner's Literary Top 10 in the description of this segment
here is a link to her top ten list: http://www.pulp.net/48/top10.html
could you send me the top 10 list, also?
I would also like a copy of that list along with the reference book ...
Would also like the Top Ten List! Thank you.
Could you send me the Top 10 List that Charlie asked her at the end of the show? They were hard to understand and in some cases they were talking too fast to get them all. Thank you.
Just curious...What, by Patrick White, would Erica recommend? (or would any fellow Charlie-Roseans recommend, for that matter...!)
Silly me, I meant Erica Wagner. I guess you know that.
Due to atmospheric conditions your show on PBS was fading in and out last nite. Could you list the top 10 answers Erica gave to your questions? Thanks.
Can you please tell me the name of the reference book Erica Wilson mentioned that is her favorite and that she donated to a library.Thanks.
Hello Janet, I can tell you the name of the book I mentioned. It's Robert Bringhurst's A Story as Sharp as a Knife -- part of his trilogy, Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers. It's published by Douglas & McIntyre in Canada. Hope you enjoy it; it's remarkable.
Can anyone tell me what the name of the book is that was mentioned? She said it was the best book she had read in 10 years - something like -The Story of ??????? - THanks
Love the show on 05/21/07. No one can interview like Charlie. Thanks.. S