Lynne Tillman: The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories

Bookworm

KCRW

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4.5 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Lynne Tillman's The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories, is a unique blend of short fiction, essays, and philosophical musings that defy categorization.

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0:00.0	A jail stint can really disrupt someone's life.
0:04.0	You can lose a job, a relationship, or thousands of dollars on fees, fines and bail.
0:09.0	Have I ever gone to jail?
0:10.0	Yeah, I just got out, actually.
0:11.0	If he doesn't show up the court, you gotta pay the $50,000.
0:14.0	No ring exchange, no kiss the bride.
0:17.0	There's no glamour in a jailhouse wedding.
0:20.0	Off the block, all six episodes tracing the path from city block to jail block and back
0:24.6	are now available on KCRW's iTunes page.
0:31.3	Funds for Bookworm are provided in part by Lannon Foundation.
0:34.8	Boots.
0:43.3	Where would we be without boos?
0:46.3	Where would we be without good? No, Timberg.
0:47.3	It's a rhetorical question, sir.
0:50.3	But where would we be without books? From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Michael Silverblad, and welcome to Bookworm.
1:01.5	Today, my guest is Lynn Tillman.
1:05.2	She's one of my favorite guests, actually, and one of my favorite writers.
1:10.3	The occasion is the publication of the complete
1:14.2	Madam Realism and other stories. It's published by Semia Text. Now, let's begin by acknowledging
1:24.2	that Los Angeles, which is the city where this show originates, is said
1:30.0	to be the city with the largest number of museums in America.
1:36.1	This includes museums of horror films, museums of architecture and design, every kind of museum.
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