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Gail Pellett

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Gail Pellett has produced TV documentaries, radio programs and written articles about the world "out there" for more than forty years. She has just published her first book: Forbidden Fruit—1980 Beijing, a Memoir, her first work that turns the lens on her own life, thought and feeling. Every film, every radio program or article was challenging, but this project was the most difficult of all. She lives in New York City and Oaxaca, Mexico.

author's website: www.gailpellett.com
archival website: www.gailpellettproductions.com

Kirkus Review: February 8, 2016:
"As a hard-drinking, single, Western woman of 37 with red hair, lusty appetites, a stack of blues and jazz cassettes, and a propensity for asking leading questions, she attracted rabid attenti
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Gail Pellett If I get stuck, I read. Fortunately, I haven't really experienced writer's block in a serious way. The distractions of life are my problem.…moreIf I get stuck, I read. Fortunately, I haven't really experienced writer's block in a serious way. The distractions of life are my problem.(less)
Gail Pellett For several decades I produced and directed and wrote for TV and radio, primarily producing documentaries, but also radio plays and public affairs pro…moreFor several decades I produced and directed and wrote for TV and radio, primarily producing documentaries, but also radio plays and public affairs programs. That work is highly collaborative and time pressured. When I started to write for print and then work on my book, I felt great relief to control my own schedule and space. I welcomed the simplicity of pen, paper, then computer. And being alone with my thoughts and imagination. (less)
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Radio Interview - Catskill Radio

This week on Catskill Review of Books, Friday 27 Jan, at 15:30 on WJFF FM 90.5 and podcast on WJFFradio.org, Gail Pellett, on her book Forbidden Fruit - 1980 Beijing, A Memoir http://amzn.to/2kxUCmu


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