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Arna Bontemps Hemenway and Patricia Engel with Nicole Nelson
In the second half, Patricia Engel, author of The Veins of the Ocean, talks about the origins of this novel as a short story, her strategy for handling plot, doing research as needed, using dialogue sparingly, letting her life by the ocean influence the story, and more.
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[Note: Audio begins immediately with the interview with Arna, without a show introduction, due to technical difficulties.]
(Broadcast date: May 18, 2016)
