PODCAST #43: Leslie Cockburn, "Baghdad Solitaire"
By Colin MarshallOctober 1, 2013
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Host Colin Marshal speaks to journalist and filmmaker LESLIE COCKBURN (American Casino, The Peacemaker) about her latest novel Baghdad Solitaire and why fiction is best suited for depicting the "wilderness of mirrors" that is a war zone.
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Colin Marshall is a Seoul-based essayist on cities, language, and culture. His latest book, published in Korean, is 한국 요약 금지 (No Summarizing Korea, 2024).