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The Art of Fiction XLIX: Christopher Isherwood
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"Presents an interview with novelist Christopher Isherwood. When the interviewer sought his permission for recording the interview, Isherwood obliged immediately. When asked how he was inspired to write the novel "A Meeting by the River," he says that the inspiration came from a Hindu monk named Swami Prabhavandana. Isherwood also explains his experiences of his stay at the Vedanta center in Los Angeles, California."
Oral history interview with Don Bachardy, 2009 May 21-October 7
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"An interview of Don Bachardy conducted 2009 May 21, August 7, and October 7, by Susan Ford Morgan, for the Archives of American Art, at the Bachardy's home, in Santa Monica, California."

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