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Pete Hamill Discusses His "Drinking Life."

Novelist, journalist and columnist Pete Hamill. He's written seven novels, including "Flesh and Blood" and "Loving Women." Most recently he was editor-in-chief at the New York Post. His latest book is a memoir of the years he spent drinking: "A Drinking Life: A Memoir." (Little, Brown & Co.) Hamill quit drinking twenty years ago. One reviewer in Publishers Weekly writes of HAMILL's new memoir, "This is not a jeremiad condemning drink, but a thoughtful, funny, street-smart reflection on its consequences." (REBROADCAST from 1/19/94)

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Other segments from the episode on April 12, 1994

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 12, 1994: Interview with Pete Hamill; Interview with Shirlee Taylor Haizlip; Review of Janet Malcolm's book "The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes."

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