Given at the 2019 Tin House Summer Workshop, Rebecca Makkai’s craft talk “You Talkin’ to Me?: The ‘Ear’ of the Story” looks at an important but underappreciated aspect of story craft, the flip side of point of view, the point of telling. In her words, “Who is the story’s implied listener? Are you casting your […]
Dec 13
Randa Abdel-Fattah : Discipline
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s new novel Discipline is set in Sydney, Australia in 2021 during Ramadan. Discipline follows two Palestinians there, one in media and one in academia, where each has to confront questions of silence and complicity in their respective fields. As Israel intensif ... Show More
1h 56m
Dec 6
Jazmina Barrera : The Queen of Swords
Jorge Luis Borges called her the “Tolstoy of Mexico” and César Aira the “greatest novelist of the 20th century,” so why is it likely that you haven’t read or even heard of Elena Garro before now? And given that Garro was, like her fantastical stories, not beholden to the truth wh ... Show More
1h 58m
Jul 2021
Sour Hall- Healing Old Wounds
Welcome to Audiobook Club. I’m your host Imriel Morgan, the Founder of Content is Queen.Audiobook Club is a monthly event and podcast where we celebrate and discuss Black, Asian, Queer and female narratives in literature. Every month we meet with other Audiobookworms to discuss a ... Show More
38m 50s
Mar 2021
Kazuo Ishiguro and Friendship With Machines
<p>Kazuo Ishigruo’s eighth novel, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/books/review/klara-and-the-sun-kazuo-ishiguro.html" target="_blank">“Klara and the Sun,”</a> is his first since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017. It’s narrated by Klara, an Artificial Frien ... Show More
1h 10m
Sep 2022
Celeste Ng on Race, Class and Suburbia
<p><i>For the next few months, we’re sharing some of our favorite conversations from the podcast’s archives. This week’s segments first appeared in 2017 and 2015, respectively.</i></p><p>Before “Little Fires Everywhere” was a hit series streaming on Hulu, it was a best-selling no ... Show More
25m 24s
Apr 2023
So, How Much Influence Does A Stylist Actually Have?
Zendaya is well-known for her stunning red carpet looks, but was her stylist Law Roach the secret to her successful blockbuster movie and television career?
This week we delve into the powerful impact a stylist can have on a celebrity's perception, highlighting examples such as A ... Show More
14m 39s
May 2022
Brian Morton on ‘Tasha: A Son’s Memoir’
<p>Brian Morton, an accomplished novelist, has turned to nonfiction for the first time in his new book, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/books/review/tasha-brian-morton.html" target="_blank">“Tasha: A Son’s Memoir.”</a> On this week’s podcast, he discusses his mother’s ... Show More
36m 7s
Jan 2024
Sotheby’s Talks: Munch, with Tracey Emin
This is an episode of Sotheby's Talks, the podcast that celebrates art, culture, and collecting.
Edvard Munch pioneered Expressionism and embraced life’s most painful experiences to create art: his pursuit of emotional truth changed art forever. Tracey Emin, who has been a majo ... Show More
39m 32s
<p>Lina Mounzer talked about her career as a writer and translator. Lina’s work has appeared in the<i> New York Times</i>, the <i>Paris Review</i>, <i>1843</i>, <i>Literary Hub</i>, and <i>Bidoun</i>, as well as in the anthologies <i>Hikayat: An Anthology of Lebanese Women’s Writ ... Show More
