Richard Russo, Richard Bausch On Writing Short Stories

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 9, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo joins us to discuss his latest collection of short stories, Trajectory: Stories. His four new stories include a professor who confronts a plagiarizing student and a novelist struggling to complete a screenplay. He’ll be joined by fellow novelist Richard Bausch, who also recently published a collection of 13 short stories called Living in the Weather of the World: Stories. The two Richards will compare notes on writing and life.

Richard Russo and Richard Bausch will appear on May 10 for a joint reading and Q&A at the Greenlight Bookstore (686 Fulton St., at S Portland Ave., Brooklyn) at 7:30 p.m.

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