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World Service,06 Aug 1996,28 mins

Writing about Writing about Sex

Meridian

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Haitian-born writer Danny Laferriere's new book, Why Must a Black Writer Write about Sex?, reviewed by Mike Phillips. Plus, Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt by Dominic Montserrat; I, Claudius by Robert Graves, discussed by historical novelist Alan Massie; and Myra Kaye's novel, The Way to Hanita.

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