A conversation with literary editor Erica Wagner

with Erica Wagner
in Current Affairs, Books
on Monday, October 10, 2005 * * * * *

play

E-mail this video:

Distribute this video:

Share on:

Close
Description

A conversation with literary editor Erica Wagner of "The Times" of London about the state of literature in Britain and the idea of the Great American novel.

Video Share Options
Share
Buy Amazon DVD
Keywords:
Times of London
Erica Wagner
British literature

In order to download Charlie Rose podcasts to iTunes for transfer to an iPod, you must have iTunes installed. If you do, please click the following link to download the podcast for this interview:

itpc://www.charlierose.com/view/itunes/702

Otherwise, close this window to continue viewing.

Close
  • Comments 2
    Post new comment
    1. Marianne Jacobs  05/23/2007 08:32 PM Report

      The book Ms. Wagner recommended as the best book she has read in the past ten years was

      "A Story as Sharp as a Knife", translated with commentary by Robert Bringhurst.

      Yes, I agree, the discussion was fascinating...enough to make me continue listening and forget that I had pasta boiling on the stove top! (I watched the afternoon airing of the show.) Just curious, what would Charlie Rose say was the best book he has read in the past ten years?

      Thanks for a unique program.

    2. Richard Kuegeman  05/23/2007 01:50 AM Report

      Terrific interview, as expected, of a person whose name I have seen but whose voice and face I had never heard or seen. Can you tell me the name of the "best novel she has read in the lst 10 years", something about the Long Knife, western Canada cultural, etc.? Never heard of it either but she makes it sound worth checking out.

      I have never written to a tv show before (I'm 64 and the only reason that matters at all is because there have been many, many years of not being motivated to write a tv show) but in this case I have now done what I have very often wanted to do; write Charlie Rose and tell him that he is the only one in television that can get me to stay up past midnight just so I can listen to what he gets his guests to say. Mr. Rose is a remarkably, talented, informed, curious, and hughly skilled interviewer and conversationalist. I have been watching and listening and learning for many years; hope he keeps me up, learning and tweeking my conventional wisdom for many more years.

      Thank you.

      Richard Kuegeman