Detective and Mystery Novelist John Straley
Straley just published his crime novel "The Woman Who Married a Bear," about a hard-drinking private eye in Sitka, Alaska who writes haiku, has a failed career, and a wife who has left him. Straley is himself a criminal investigator for the state of Alaska.
Other segments from the episode on July 2, 1992
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 2, 1992: Interview with John Straley; Interview with Richard Belzer; Commentary on the rock group The Falcons.
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