Warren Lehrer's Books Within Books

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 31, 2013

This conversation originally aired live on October 31, 2013. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of the Brian Lehrer Show on December 24. The original audio is posted here.

Warren Lehrer, co-founder of EarSay and author of A Life In Books: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley (Goff Books, 2013) talks to Brian (his brother!) about his new work, an "illuminated novel" which contains 101 books-within-books about the life of Bleu Mobley.

The two Lehrer Bros - Brian and Warren - in WNYC Studio 2 today. pic.twitter.com/CeZvV4Bou2
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) October 31, 2013

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