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Drinkers with Writing ProblemsAuthor: Scott Thomas Anderson
Travel to places where drinking culture and creative legacies collide. This series reveals how the histories of beer, wine and spirits are linked to the work of trail-blazing writers. Roving on both sides of the Atlantic, a veteran journalist follows in the footsteps of a few famous scribblers meeting cutting-edge bartenders, brewers, distillers, winemakers, novelists and booksellers along the way. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Writing the Mob and endings in Las Vegas
Episode 9
Sunday, 17 November, 2024
It's a city that doesn't flinch - or forgive. Las Vegas found its halcyon days at the end of skimming rackets and growing criminal ambition, but the writers who tried to make sense of its story faced a wavering desert mirage of America's secrets. That reflection remains strong in the city's cocktail bars and craft distilleries, while its smokier rooms are haunted by memories of creative outcasts on a collision course with their own demons.
