The death of Carlos Fuentes sounded the end of the Latin American Boom. But who are the South American writers following in the footsteps of Márquez and Vargas Llosa, and what next for the continent’s…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2012/jun/15/latin-america-novels-poetry-podcast
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Giles Tremlett goes in search of the home of Spanish literary culture, while the Hungarian poet George Szirtes explains why he writes in English
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2011/apr/01/books-spain-poetry-george-szirtes-podcast
As a new imprint dedicated to essays is launched, we ask what they are; and we discuss Rabindranath Tagore and the place of poetry in translation with poet Alice Oswald
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2011/may/20/essay-poetry-translation-rabindranath-tagore
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A look at literature in the sickroom, with Sarah Manguso, Robert McCrum, and a report on how reading itself might help recovery
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2011/feb/11/writing-illness-books-podcast