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Journalist Pete Hamill on His "Drinking Life"

The novelist, journalist and columnist has written seven novels, including "Flesh and Blood," and "Loving Women." He was editor-in-chief at the New York Post. His 1994 memoir of the years he spent drinking, is "A Drinking Life: A Memoir." Hamill quit drinking twenty years ago. His newest novel is "Snow In August" (Little, Brown & Co.) (Rebroadcast from 1/19/94)

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Other segments from the episode on May 30, 1997

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 30, 1997: Interview with Norman Mailer; Interview with Pete Hamill; Review of the films "The Van" and "Irma Vep."

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