

Simic talks with Eric McHenry about his new memoir, A Fly in the Soup.Įric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation, takes an unflinching look at "the dark side of the all-American meal." "Images, images, images"-for the Belgrade-born poet Charles Simic, they're the story of his life.

Her books have been translated into 17 languages.Īzzopardi currently lives in Norwich, in the east of England.An Emissary of the Between-World (January 17, 2001)Ī conversation with Louise Erdrich, whose stories occur in the "margin where cultures mix and collide." She also writes short stories, and readings for BBC radio. "Winterton Blue" was longlisted for the 2008 Wales Book of the Year. Her second novel, "Remember Me", was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year. Her novel also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was also shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Her first novel, The Hiding Place, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000 (a significant accomplishment, since first novels are not often shortlisted for the Booker). She also has an MA in Film and Television studies from the University of Derby. She studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia, and currently works as a lecturer there. She was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and a Welsh mother. She also writes short st Trezza Azzopardi is a British writer.
