"The Spoken Word: American Writers" (2008)

London, England: The British Library (CD set), 2008.
4.75" x 5.625" x 1", three CD set with booklet, twenty-seven tracks, "NSACD 50-52".

The Spoken Word: American Writers, a compilation of recordings of American writers released as a three CD set by The British Library in 2008. Compiled by Richard Fairman, with consultation by Steve Cleary and audio mastering by Nigel Bewley. Announcements read by Juliet Stevenson.

Track eight of the second disc is of William S. Burroughs. This track – "William S. Burroughs and the Algebra of Need" is an interview of William S. Burroughs by Gary Goldhill on 9 March 1964. This is an edited broadcast.

Disc One: 

1. Gertrude Stein: "American Points of View" (interview, 12 November 1934, 3'24")
2. Sinclair Lewis: "Address from the 1940 Writers' Committee for Roosevelt Conference" (speech, 1940, 4'02")
3. Anita Loos: "Interview with Anita Loos" (interview by John Kobal, 8 March 1965, 5'30")
4. Raymond Chandler: "Playback Dr No" (interview by Ian Fleming, 10 July 1958, 7'34")
5. Eugene O'Neill: "Extract from O'Neill: Long Day's Journey into Night" (reading, n.d., 5'47")
6. Henry Miller: "Bookshelf" (interview with Richard Stanley, 23 December 1979, 11'46")
7. Pearl Buck: "Speech at Gallaudet College" (speech, 26 November 1968, 5'49")
8. James Thurber: "Interview with James Thurber" (interview by Peter Maggs, 11 June 1958, 10'12")
9. F. Scott Fitzgerald: "Shakespeare: Othello (extract)" (reading, 1939, 2'57")
10. Thornton Wilder: "Talk on Gertrude Stein and Emily Dickinson" (talk, 13 January 1951, 5'47")
11. Vladimir Nabokov: "Summer Review" (interview by James Mossman, 25 July 1970, 9'50")

Disc Two: 

1. John Steinbeck: "Interview with John Steinbeck" (interview, 31 January 1952, 10'34")
2. Isaac Bashevis Singer: "A Story No-One Else Can Tell" (interview, 28 July 1975, 9'34")
3. Lillian Hellman: "Omnibus: Lillian Hellman" (interview by Peter Adam, 8 February 1979, 10'12")
4. James Michener: "Bookshelf" (interview by Hunter Davies, 13 January 1985, 6'32")
5. Eudora Welty: "A Curtain of Green" (interview by Paul Bailey, 7 May 1985, 6'23")
6. Tennessee Williams: "Frankly Speaking" (interview by John Bowen, John Freeman, and Peter Duval Smith, 2 August 1959, 12'40")
7. Mary McCarthy: "Monitor" (interview by Huw Wheldon, 28 February 1960, 6'18")
8. William S. Burroughs: "William S. Burroughs and the Algebra of Need" (interview by Gary Goldhill, 9 March 1964, 10'48")

Disc Three: 

1. Ralph Ellison: "Interview with Ralph Ellison" (interview by Arlene Stern, 22 February 1969, 6'41")
2. Saul Bellow: "The Arts in Scotland" (interview by Halla Beloff and Allan Massie, 12 April 1977, 10'55")
3. Arthur Miller: "Kaleidoscope" (interview by Christopher Bigsby, 26 April 1984, 12'18")
4. Patricia Highsmith: "Kaleidoscope" (interview by Derek Robinson, 28 March 1975, 3'56")
5. James Baldwin: "The World of Books" (interview by Peter Duval Smith, 30 March 1963, 8'25")
6. William Styron: "Styron's Choice" (interview by Paul Bailey, 5 September 1982, 6'53")
7. Gore Vidal: "Kaleidoscope" (interview by Michael Billington, 24 February 1978, 9'17")
8. Toni Morrison: "Interview with Toni Morrison" (interview by Paul Bailey, 14 August 1982, 8'25")