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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Auster, Paul, 1947-author. | Siegumfeldt, I. B., author.

Title: A life in words : conversations with I. B. Siegumfeldt / Paul Auster.

Description: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016012603 (print) | LCCN 2016026781 (ebook) | ISBN 9781609807108 (paperback) | ISBN 9781609807115 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Auster, Paul, 1947---Interviews. | Auster, Paul,

1947---Criticism and interpretation. | Siegumfeldt, I. B.--Interviews. |

Authors, American--20th century--Interviews. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY &

AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. | LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. |

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.

Classification: LCC PS3551.U77 Z46 2016 (print) | LCC PS3551.U77 (ebook) |

DDC 818/.54 [B] --dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016012603

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Transcription: Jesper Præst Nielsen