Maureen Corrigan

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews Julia Blackburn's new book "Daisy Bates in the Desert," an experimental biography about the real life Australian woman who often lied about her past and identity.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews Thomas Mallon's new novel, "Henry and Clara," about a real life couple who was present at the Lincoln's assassination.

Maureen Corrigan reviews "The Bird Artist," by Howard Norman. She prefers it to that other novel set up north by E. Annie Proulx,

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews "No Gifts from Chance," Shari Benstock’s new biography of writer Edith Wharton.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews "Criminal Convictions" by Nicholas Freeling and "Skin" by Dorothy Allison. Corrigan says that, with their vastly different perspectives, reading them together was "exhilarating."

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews E.L. Doctorow's new novel, "The Waterworks."

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews, "A Map of the World," by Jane Hamilton.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews: "Kay Boyle: Author of Herself," by Joan Mellen.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews the new memoir by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "Colored People."

Maureen Corrigan on "A Very Long Engagement" by Sebastien Japrisot. (YAP-ri-sow) (Rebroadcast from 12/8/93).