Either/Or, Elif Batuman’s sequel to Pulitzer Prize finalist The Idiot, is the humorous and relatable ongoing story of a Turkish American surviving college in the 90s. Batuman joins us to talk about her approach to writing fiction, how her own life influences her work, analyzing literature and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. […]
“In the end, all the good ideas and sort of fancy craft approaches get you absolutely nothing if there’s no emotional content. That’s what it is. I mean, fiction is about going inside other people’s minds and consciousnesses and looking through their eyes and living their lives in a way and that’s all about emotions.” […]
Other books mentioned in this episode: To Paradise by Hanya YanigaharaThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Master by Colm ToibinThe Bostonians by Henry JamesSwann’s Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 by Marcel Proust, translated by Lydia DavisThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe True Deceiver by Tove JanssonHow to Get Filthy […]
Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes, a Fall 2010 Discover Great New Writers selection, discusses connecting with readers, Proust, and the “odd correspondence between inheriting a story and inheriting an object.”
Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes, a Fall 2010 Discover Great New Writers selection, talks about connecting with readers, Proust, and the “odd correspondence between inheriting a story and inheriting an object.”