Thu, Mar 27, 2008 -- 9:00 AM

Richard Price
Screenwriter and author Richard Price's new novel "Lush Life" is set amid racial and class tensions in Manhattan's gentrifying Lower East Side. We talk with Price about the book and about his work as a writer on the recently concluded HBO series "The Wire." Price's other books include "Clockers" and "Freedomland."

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Host: Michael Krasny

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