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Philip Roth: Invention

1:39
Denis O'Hare discusses preparing for the role of Edgar Allan Poe.

8:13
Listen to a compilation of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem "The Raven"

0:45
Roger Corman discusses some of the challenges he faced in bringing Poe's stories to life.

0:34
Denis O'Hare embodies the caricature of a nervous, ranting and raving Poe.

0:58
Roger Corman's success making "The Fall of the House of Usher" led to a "cyle of Poe"

3:15
In adapting Poe's work for cinema, Roger Corman wanted to emphasize the unconscious mind.

2:29
Toni Morrison talks about writing without the "white gaze."

3:09
Cultural critic Fran Lebowitz on why she would ask Toni Morrison for advice.

1:27
Toni Morrison recalls the time a Black childhood friend had been praying for blue eyes.

2:34
Toni Morrison tells the story of going to Stockholm to accept the Nobel Prize.

1:37
Director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders talks about how he first met Toni Morrison.