Speaker Profiles

Tom Perrotta

Tom Perrotta

fiction writer
John Hodgman Interviewed by Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta
October 24, 2009
00:52:45
Tom Perrotta grills (or perhaps roasts, as on a slow-burning fire) the man whose irresistible humor begat Hodgmania on topics ranging from the sublime to the downright silly.
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table
Amanda Hesser
November 18, 2008
00:49:02
In this collection of essays, New York Times Magazine food editor Amanda Hesser showcases the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers playwrights, screenwriters, noveli
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Tom Perrotta: The Abstinence Teacher
Tom Perrotta
October 22, 2007
00:59:10
Tom Perrotta talks about his newest novel, The Abstinence Teacher, which exposes the powerful emotions underlying modern American family life and explores the complex spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people.
Celebrating Boston Athenaeum Writers Past and Present III
Rishi Reddi
November 30, 2006
00:41:33
As a part of a bicentennial series celebrating Boston Athenaeum writers, Rishi Reddi discusses the work of Alice Brown and Tom Perrotta discusses Nathaniel Hawthorne. Rob Perkins reads from John P. Marquand. Cullen Murphy, editor-at-large of Vanity Fair acts as master of ceremonies.
Tom Perrotta: Craft of Writing, Foray into Cinema
Tom Perrotta
February 17, 2005
01:00:44
Tom Perrotta reads from some of his works and discusses the craft of writing and his first forays into the world of cinema.
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Writer's Room Presents: LeHane, Mazur and Perrotta
Dennis Lehane
November 6, 2004
01:01:23
Writers Gail Mazur, Tom Perrotta, and Dennis Lehane read from their current projects and discuss the New England authors who have been important to their work. This lively, entertaining, and thoroughly Bostonian discussion connects the city's literary past to the thriving writing community of today.
Image of The Abstinence Teacher (Reading Group Gold)
Author: Tom Perrotta
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages
Image of The Wishbones
Author: Tom Perrotta
Publisher: Berkley Trade (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 290 pages
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