{"id":611,"date":"2010-02-17T16:11:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/living-writers\/?p=611"},"modified":"2025-01-26T14:54:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T19:54:03","slug":"verghese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/living-writers\/verghese\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham Verghese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"il\">Abraham<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Verghese<\/span>&nbsp;reads from his novel <em>Cutting for Stone<\/em> published by Vintage Books. &nbsp;We talk about writing fiction that spans continents and history.&nbsp; We also talk about memoir, his life in medicine, Ethiopia, and the song, Tizita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-611-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/beanball.wcbn.org\/rss\/Living_Writers\/wcbn-living_writers-2010-02-17-161501-EST.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/beanball.wcbn.org\/rss\/Living_Writers\/wcbn-living_writers-2010-02-17-161501-EST.mp3\">http:\/\/beanball.wcbn.org\/rss\/Living_Writers\/wcbn-living_writers-2010-02-17-161501-EST.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beanball.wcbn.org\/rss\/Living_Writers\/wcbn-living_writers-2010-02-17-161501-EST.mp3\">Download Audio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more about the author, click <a href=\"http:\/\/abrahamverghese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">**Thanks to Kate Runde at Vintage and Anchor Books for sending the book and all her assistance. \u00a0The conversation with Dr.\u00a0Verghese\u00a0was taped on January 26, 2010. 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