On 3 September 2013, an interview with journalist Kerry O'Brien, "Clive James: The Kid from Kogarah", was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The interview was filmed in the library of his old college at Cambridge University. In the extended interview, James discussed his illness and confronting mortality. James wrote the poem "Japanese Maple" which was published in "The New Yorker" in 2014 and described as his "farewell poem". "The New York Times" called it "a poignant meditation on his impending death".