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UCL Minds
2. From Sincerity to Authenticity: Bernard Williams

UCL Minds

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 49:15


In this episode, we talk about Chapters 2 and 3 of Rachel Cusk's Outline alongside a chapter from Williams's book Truth and Truthfulness. The chapter considers the differences between sincerity and authenticity as contending ideals of truthfulness about the self. These two ideals, on Williams's argument, entail different ways of thinking about the self. We contrast Williams's notion of authenticity with that invoked by various characters in Outline. Speaker names: • Dr. Scarlett Baron, Associate Professor in the English Department at UCL. • Alice Harberd, PhD Student in the Philosophy Department at UCL.

The Bookshop Podcast
Literary Visionary: Aina Marti of Héloïse Press

The Bookshop Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 34:22 Transcription Available


Send us a textIn this episode, I chat with Aina Marti, founder of Heloise Press, who shares her journey from academia to independent publishing and how she's created a home for contemporary female voices from around the world.• From academic roots studying Spanish and English literature to completing a PhD in comparative literature• How reading Rachel Cusk's Arlington Park became an epiphany moment that inspired her to start a publishing company• The clear vision behind Heloise Press: publishing contemporary female voices telling women's stories that other women can relate to• Working across languages and the importance of building strong relationships between authors and translators• Why many internationally successful authors prefer working with smaller presses when being translated into English• The value of continuing to publish multiple books by the same author to help build their presence in new markets• Creating a cohesive visual identity with distinctive book covers designed by Laura Kloss• How small and medium presses are taking risks on unique voices that larger publishing houses often overlookIf you enjoyed this episode, please share it with friends and family, subscribe wherever you listen, and leave a review to help others discover the show.Click Here to receive a 40% discount on Abandonment by Erminia Dell'Oro. The voucher code is bookshop to be applied at checkout. Héloïse PressKairos, Jenny ErpenbeckBarbara Pym BooksArlington Park, Rachel CuskSupport the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

La estación azul
La estación azul - Crisálida, con Fernando Navarro - 30/03/25

La estación azul

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 56:04


Hablamos de violencia, personajes outsiders, miradas infantiles y paisajes míticos con Fernando Navarro. El guionista y escritor nos presenta su segundo libro, Crisálida (Ed. Impedimenta), novela sobre la durísima deriva de una familia que daría para drama social, pero que él ha preferido abordar desde la fantasía y el terror.  Luego, Javier Lostalé abre su ventanita poética a Tierra (Ed. Huerga y Fierro), el nuevo poemario de Antonia Cortés. En su sección, Ignacio Elguero recomienda otras lecturas: Las ignorancias (Ed. Visor), poemario con el que Javier Velaza ha ganado la XXXVII edición del prestigioso Premio Loewe, Desfile (Ed. Libros del Asteroide), la nueva y desafiante novela de la aclamada escritora canadiense Rachel Cusk, y la Poesía completa de Julio Cortázar en un volumen de Alfaguara que incluye inéditos. Además, Sergio C. Fanjul nos invita a reflexionar sobre nuestra forma de leer a propósito de Maneras de leer, pequeño obrador de lecturas potenciales (Ed. Pepitas), curiosísimo volumen en el que el escritor argentino Eduardo Berti propone 142 formas de hacerlo creativamente. Desde leer un libro y dejarlo a la mitad para continuar otro de la mitad en adelante, hasta ir a la caza de acrósticos involuntarios, pasando por coger libros viejos, olerlos y pensar si el aroma que han adquirido tiene algo que ver con lo que cuentan. Terminamos Desmontando el poema con Mariano Peyrou, que esta vez nos trae A un amanecer, otro crepúsculo (Ed. Dilema), la obra reunida -y muy prolija- del leonés Víctor M. Díez.Escuchar audio

Författarscenen
Rachel Cusk (Kanada/Storbritannien) i samtal med Yukiko Duke

Författarscenen

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 58:26


The conversation is in English, after a short introduction in Swedish. Rachel Cusk är en av vår tids mest nyskapande och inflytelserika författare. I sin senaste roman "Parad" utforskar hon, genom en serie sammanflätade berättelser, frågor om identitet, konstnärskap och de myter vi skapar om våra liv. Rachel Cusk (född 1967) kommer från Kanada men är bosatt i England. Hon har skrivit ett stort antal hyllade romaner och essäer. Det stora internationella genombrottet kom med trilogin "Konturer", "Transit" och "Kudos". Hon är en av samtidslitteraturens mest inflytelserika röster och har jämförts med W. G. Sebald och Virginia Woolf. Yukiko Duke är kulturjournalist, översättare och verksam som konstnärlig ledare för Norsk litteraturfestival. Hon ingår i juryn för Kulturhuset Stadsteaterns internationella litteraturpris. I samarbete med Albert Bonniers Förlag. Från 13 mars 2025 Jingel: Lucas Brar

Pyöreä pöytä
Sijoittaminen aseisiin – vastuullista vai ei? Miten Trumpin tarina päättyy? Tarvitaanko taiteellisia manifesteja?

Pyöreä pöytä

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 30:03


Suoraa puhetta johtaa Maria Pettersson. Keskustelijoina ovat Maija Vilkkumaa, Ruben Stiller ja Juha Itkonen. Maija Vilkkumaa haluaa puhua vastuullisesta sijoittamisesta ja miten se on aikojen saatossa muuttunut. Ennen oli ilmiselvää kaikille, että vastuullista sijoittamista ei ole esim. asekauppaan sijoittaminen. Tämä on muuttunut ihan totaalisesti ja tällä hetkellä monet pankkien- ja eläkeyhtiöiden sijoitusjohtajat pitävät aseisiin sijoittamista myös osana vastuullista sijoittamista. Maija kysyy kanssakeskustelijoiden mielipidettä, onko aseisiin sijoittaminen vastuullista sijoittamista. Ruben Stillerin aiheena on Donald Trumpin loppunäytös. Millainen tulee olemaan Trumpin tarinan loppu, jos ajattelemme että se on esim. elokuva tai kirjallinen tarina? Rubenin mielestä ihmisiltä on mennyt perusturvallisuuden tunne, koska Trump ei ole saanut rangaistusta, joka kuuluu tällaiselle "kaaoksen ruhtinaalle", vaan hän selviytyy kaikesta. Välttämättä Trumpin loppunäytös ei ole niin kaukana kuin monet luulevat. Ruben kysyy raatilaisilta, millainen heidän mielikuvissa ja ennustuksissa on Donald Trumpin loppunäytös ja mitä sen jälkeen välittömästi tapahtuu. Juha Itkonen nostaa keskusteluun kirjallisuusteeman. Lukevan älymystön suosima kirjailija Rachel Cusk kävi Helsingissä julistamassa pitkälti erilaisista kielloista koostuvat kirjalliset teesinsä. Juha esittelee muutaman Cuskin esiin nostamista teeseistä: - Rachel Cusk inhoaa juonta. Tosielämä ei hänen mukaansa seuraa juonta, miksi romaani tekee niin. - Cuskin mukaan minä-kertojan pitäisi kirjallisuudessa olla varattu vain niille, joilla ei ole muuta vaihtoehtoa. Ihmisille jotka ovat marginalisoituja ja joilla ei ole muuta kuin oma todistuksensa. - Toisaalta Cusk ei tunnu pitävän myöskään siitä, että kirjailijat kirjoittavat jostain muusta kuin itsestään. Hän ei usko romaanihenkilöihin. Juha kysyy raatilaisilta, mitä ajatuksia teeseistä herää? Vastaavatko nämä kirjallisia ihanteitanne?

Hoy empieza todo 2
Hoy empieza todo 2 - 'Ana que fue pop', 'Confeti' y 'Desfile' - 11/03/25

Hoy empieza todo 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 118:34


Empezamos con Rafa Luján, quien nos sumerge en el misterio de Ana que fue pop (AdN Novelas), una historia sobre un retrato viral, una muerte enigmática y una investigación llena de secretos.Luego, Jordi Puntí nos habla de Confeti (Anagrama), una novela sobre la voluntad de ser feliz a cualquier precio, a través de la increíble trayectoria del músico Xavier Cugat.Y cerramos con Barra Libre, donde Aloma Rodríguez nos presenta Desfile (Libros del Asteroide) de Rachel Cusk, una novela que rompe las reglas narrativas para contar la historia de G, un artista con muchas vidas.Escuchar audio

Hoy empieza todo 2
Hoy empieza todo 2 - Barra Libre: 'Desfile' - 11/03/2025

Hoy empieza todo 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 21:31


Y acabamos con Barra Libre de Aloma Rodríguez hablando de 'Desfile' de Rachel Cusk, editado por Libros del Asteroide.Una novela que desafía las convenciones de la narrativa para contarnos la historia de G, un artista cuya vida contiene muchas otras vidas.Escuchar audio

P1 Kultur
Från underground till världsexport – berättelsen som svensk Metal

P1 Kultur

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 55:26


Den svenska Metal-musiken har gått från källarlokaler till de stora scenerna i världen. Nu berättas historien om fenomenet i utställningen Total Metal, kurerad av författaren och journalisten Ika Johannesson. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ”FÖRÄLDRARNAS FÖDELSE” – IDÉN OM FÖRÄLDRASKAP UNDER 250 ÅRAtt ”vara förälder” har inte haft samma innebörd i alla tider. I den aktuella boken ”Föräldrarnas födelse” tecknar Maja Larsson föräldraskapets historia. Samtal med kritiker Karin Arbsjö. RACHEL CUSK TILLBAKA MED NY ROMAN Den brittiska författaren Rachel Cusk skriver ofta om författarrollen – i hennes nya roman ”Parad” möter vi istället en rad olika konstnärer i fyra sammanlänkade berättelser. Kritiker Nina Asarnoj har läst. MÖT SVENSKEN BAKOM OSCARS-NOMINERADE METOO-DOKUMENTÄREN ”BLACK BOX DIARIES”En av årets internationellt mest framgångsrika dokumentärer är ”Black Box diaries” – historien om Japans mest kända, och länge enda, metoofall. Bakom filmen, som nu är nominerad till en Oscar är gjord av svenska producenten Hanna Aqvilin. Reporter Emma Engström har träffat henne. ESSÄ: HATTEN FÖRSVANN I VÅR STRÄVAN EFTER ÖVERDRIVEN INTIMITET Modets syfte att skapa förbindlighet i det förbigående. Thomas Steinfeld funderar över detta i ljuset av hattens fall från huvudet.Programledare: Saman BakhtiariProducent: Eskil Krogh Larsson

WDR Feature-Depot
Verwundungen – Die Schriftstellerin Rachel Cusk

WDR Feature-Depot

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 43:54


Seit Erscheinen ihrer gefeierten "Outline"-Trilogie gilt Rachel Cusk als eine der innovativsten Schriftstellerinnen weltweit. Auch in ihrem jüngsten Buch "Parade" zeigt sie, was ein Roman im 21. Jahrhundert leisten kann.// Von Thomas David/ WDR 2025/ www.radiofeature.wdr.de Von Thomas David.

WDR 3 Kulturfeature
Verwundungen – Die Schriftstellerin Rachel Cusk

WDR 3 Kulturfeature

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 43:54


Seit Erscheinen ihrer gefeierten "Outline"-Trilogie gilt Rachel Cusk als eine der innovativsten Schriftstellerinnen weltweit. Auch in ihrem jüngsten Buch "Parade" zeigt sie, was ein Roman im 21. Jahrhundert leisten kann.// Von Thomas David/ WDR 2025/ www.radiofeature.wdr.de Von Thomas David.

LIVRA-TE
#158 - Clube do Livra-te de Janeiro & Escolhas de Fevereiro

LIVRA-TE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 60:37


Iniciámos a edição de 2025 do clube com duas leituras muito diferentes, mas que nos proporcionaram bons momentos à sua maneira. Como não podia faltar, falámos também dos livros escolhidos para o mês de fevereiro e o que antecipamos dessas leituras. Não se esqueçam de que estas discussões têm spoilers, consultem as marcas temporais abaixo. Livros mencionados: - Evenings and Weekends, Oisín Mckenna (01:38) - ⁠The First Person and Other Stories (A Primeira Pessoa e Outras Histórias), Ali Smith (03:54) - ⁠Outline (Contraluz), Rachel Cusk (27:22) - French Braid, Anne Tyler (28:12) - A Thousand Splendid Suns (Mil Sóis Resplandecentes), Khaled Hosseini (50:53) - In Memoriam, Alice Winn (50:59) - All My Rage (Toda a Minha Raiva), Sabaa Tahir (51:25) Sobre os livros de Janeiro: - Os Detalhes, Ia Genberg (09:17) - As Long as The Lemon Trees Grow (Onde Crescem os Limoeiros), Zoulfa Katouh (28:46) ✨ Livros de Fevereiro do Clube do Livra-te ✨ - Out on a Limb (Parte de Nós), Hannah Bonam-Young (55:33) - Limpa, Ali Trabucco Zerán (57:40) ________________ Falem connosco: livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos em: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva // www.instagram.com/ritadanova Identidade visual: Mariana Cardoso (marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com) Genérico: Vitor Carraca Teixeira (www.instagram.com/oputovitor)

Intelligence Squared
The 12 Books of Christmas | Rachel Cusk on Art, Womanhood and Redefining Fiction

Intelligence Squared

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 63:48


To celebrate 2024, we're taking a look backwards, and diving into the standout thinkers who have taken to the Intelligence Squared stage in the past 12 months. You might still be on the hunt for that perfect gift for the avid reader in your life, or perhaps you're after some food for thought over the festive period. Either way, this 12 episode mini series will highlight the books that shaped 2024. We hope you'll join us in 2025 for more events that intrigue, fascinate and entertain. The writing of Rachel Cusk poses us constant challenges. Her critically acclaimed Outline trilogy and memoirs – A Life's Work and Aftermath – dared us to rethink the limits of character, identity and what it means to be a woman. Arguably, no writer working today has pushed the boundaries of contemporary writing and storytelling as far. In June 2024, she came to Intelligence Squared to discuss her exhilarating new novel Parade. This work promises to once again expand the notion of what fiction can be and do. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations ad free, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily
Jay "Pablo Michaels" Manuel

Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 61:18 Transcription Available


I was rooting for you!! We were ALL rooting for you!!! This week we read Jay Manuel's "novel"/self-insertion fan fiction about what it was like to work on America’s Next Top Model in "The Wig, the Bitch and the Meltdown." We dive into this burn book and discuss the 2000’s hot spots Tao and Buddakan (and why Jay chose to put them in a novel that takes place in 2020), doing Tyra dirty, Miss J's d*ck pics, why Janice Dickinson is our favorite, and that scene where Jay gets to pretend that Nigel Barker wanted him carnally. Move over Rachel Cusk, there’s a new queen of auto-fiction in town!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La Maison de la Poésie
Rachel Cusk & Delphine de Vigan, une complicité

La Maison de la Poésie

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 59:16


Entretien mené par Olivia Gesbert Rachel Cusk et Delphine de Vigan s'apprécient et se lisent mutuellement. Pour fêter la sortie de « Parade », le nouveau roman de l'autrice britannique, les deux écrivaines ont eu envie de partager un moment complice avec le public de la Maison de la Poésie. Au programme, une lecture à deux voix d'extraits de « Parade » de Rachel Cusk, suivie d'un échange autour de leurs univers littéraires et artistiques, leurs « ateliers d'écriture », leurs influences. Dans « Parade », quatre destins d'artistes se croisent et se mêlent. Ils ont tous en commun de porter la même initiale, G, et d'être confrontés à la violence dans leur élan créatif. Création artistique, féminité, violence et deuil sont au cœur de ce texte radical et fascinant, toujours à la frontière entre fiction et réalité. Rachel Cusk, qui a reçu le Prix Femina étranger 2022 pour La Dépendance, signe un nouveau roman intellectuellement virevoltant. À lire – Rachel Cusk, « Parade », trad. de l'anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Blandine Longre, Gallimard, 2024 – Delphine de Vigan, Les Figurants, Gallimard, 2024

Bookatini
S05ep85 - La maledizione delle aspettative wrap up

Bookatini

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 56:46


Bentornati in Bookatini - il podcast per chi è ghiotto di libri. L'episodio 85 è dedicato alle nostre letture recenti.   In particolare abbiamo chiacchierato di questi libri:  My dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Mondadori (in passato Tania ne ha Parlato nell'episodio st2ep27)Coventry, Rachel Cusk, Einaudi editoreAll'orizzonte, di Benjamin Myers, Bollati BoringhieriOhio Stephen Markley, Einaudi  Potete contattarci, scrivere commenti, suggerimenti, domande e condividete con noi le vostre letture su questo tema contattandoci nella pagina Instagram Bookatini_podcast, dove potete trovare anche le nostre live, in onda 2 o 3 martedì al meseSe volete sostenerci e godere di contenuti aggiuntivi, potete unirvi a 4 possibili livelli di Patreon che trovate al link: https://www.patreon.com/bookatiniLa sigla di Bookatini è scritta e suonata da Andrea Cerea

Books On The Go
Ep 273: James by Percival Everett

Books On The Go

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 21:25


Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize winner, Parade by Rachel Cusk, and ghostwriters in crime writing. Our book of the week is JAMES by Percival Everett.  This re-telling of Huckleberry Finn has been an instant New York Times best-seller, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and National Book award and described as 'genius' (The Atlantic).  Coming up: our comfort reading recommendations. Follow us! Email: Booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz  

Reading Writers
Bring A Pen: Emma Robinson on Dianne Brill's Boobs, Boys, and High Heels

Reading Writers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 67:21


Jo is refreshed by Trouble in the Cotswalds by Rebecca Tope but Charlotte quickly ruins their peace by connecting the sex in Heather Lewis's violent novel Notice with Miranda July's NBA-shortlisted All Fours. The effervescent Emma Robinson joins to share her love for Dianne Brill's Boobs, Boys, and High Heels, which inspires further reflection on 90s era beauty books and instruction manuals.Other books mentioned in this episode: Steven Saylor's Murder on the Appian Way, Rachel Cusk's Aftermath, Gemma Hartley's Fed Up, Shelia Heti's Motherhood, Bobbi Brown's Teenage Beauty, Amanda Brooks' Internet Escort's Handbook, and Sydney Barrow's Mayflower Madam and Just Between Us Girls.Charlotte's review of All Fours and Gemma Hartley's Fed Up, both in Bookforum. Inspired at once by radical philosophers and tulips, Emma Cager Robinson is looking for beauty. As a mechanism for change and source of inspiration, Emma uses beauty as the driving force behind her activism. With a focus on Consciousness Raising and creating “Insurgents,” Emma uses media of all forms to shift the way we interrogate culture and the systems we interact with on a daily basis. A Texan at heart, she's especially impassioned about spreading this energy through the South; as a means of completing ancestral business, and working in a long line of women committed to making the world suck less for their families and communities.Send questions, requests, recommendations, and your own thoughts about any of the books discussed today to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Charlotte's most recent book is An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Learn more at charoshane.comJo co-edits The Stopgap and their writing lives at jolivingstone.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Books Are My People
Finding A Way Home

Books Are My People

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 30:54


This week, I speak with Nayantara Roy about her debut novel The Magnificent Ruins. We speak about how she managed the logistics of her page-turning family saga, how her lived experience influenced this novel, as well as how long it took her to write this expansive novel.  This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by Out Like A Lion by Tracy L. Thompson.  Guest author recommendation Mia P Manansala, author of Guilt and Ginataan recommends A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherri Thomas.Books Recommended:Commonwealth by Ann PatchettHarry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo OkparantaAn Equal Music by Vikram SethDeath at Morning House by Maureen JohnsonThe Bee Sting by Paul MurrayOther Books Discussed:Parade by Rachel Cusk Nayantara Roy on Social Media:Instagram: @tararoiTwitter: @yantaWebsite:  www.nayantararoy.com Other News:Giveaway: The New Naturals by Gabriel BumpCloses 11/27 Open to U.S. Mailing addresses onlyFREE Wednesday 11/13 11:30 am PT November Chat and DrawNovember Substack Book to Film: Poor Things by Alisdair GraySupport the showGet your Books Are My People coffee mug here!I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk
Rachel Cusk: "Parade"

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 6:10


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Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk
Büchermarkt 23.10.2024: Rachel Cusk, Frank Griffel, Michael Lentz

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 19:56


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The Chills at Will Podcast
Episode 255 with Chris Knapp, Author of States of Emergency and Keen and Darkly Humorous Chronicler of Contemporary Chaoser of

The Chills at Will Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 69:41


Notes and Links to Chris Knapp's Work      For Episode 255, Pete welcomes Chris Knapp, and the two discuss, among other topics, a fascination with Elena Ferrante, James Joyce, and other dynamic writers, the interplay between journalism and fiction writing, seeds for his debut novel, the significance of its title, the drawbacks and benefits of writing about such recent times, and salient themes and issues in his novel like colonialism, marital alienation and connection, ennui, and the creep of dystopian mores.      Christopher Knapp's work has appeared in print in the Paris Review and the New England Review, and online at Granta and n+1, among others. He's been a work-study scholar at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. His novel, States of Emergency, was published on September 3 by Unnamed Press. He lives in Paris with my wife, and teaches in the journalism program at the Sorbonne.     Buy States of Emergency   Chris Knapp's Website   At about 2:50, Chris talks about what it's been like in the run-up to publication  At about 4:00, Chris describes his early literary life and battles with spoilers At about 7:10, Pete and Chris discuss and cite the greatness of Faulkner and Joyce's work At about 9:30, Pete highlights a wonderfully Joycean sentence (one of many) from Chris' novel At about 10:25, Chris shouts out inspiring and thrilling writers, including Rachel Cusk, Don DeLillo, and Sebald, and Elena Ferrante At about 14:10, The two discuss Paris and Naples and prices and experiences At about 16:30, Chris responds to Pete's questions about the interplay between his journalistic background and his fiction writing At about 19:45, Pete and Chris reflect on the interesting ways in which the book's narrator functions in the book and connects to  At about 21:15, Chris speaks about seeds for his novel  At about 22:20, The two discuss Chris deciding to start the book with a heat wave and political and cultural  At about 24;45, Chris talks about the fertility procedures that run throughout much of the book and the way waiting relates At about 27:00, Chris delineates between hope and optimism and how these two qualities characterize the narrator and his wife Ella At about 29:20, The two discuss ideas of sympathy and empathy and comfort and shared pain At about 31:50, Chris responds to Pete's questions about the narrator's writing and charting his and Ella's experiences  At about 32:45, Chris reflects on the narrator's writing and the way that Ella sees him and his writing; he references Raven Leilani and writing on grief At about 34:45, The two discuss the ways in which French colonialism and racism is seen (or not) in the book and in the world At about 36:40, Pete highlights the dark humor of the book, and Chris expands on some of the humor and how it flows for him At about 39:35, The two discuss the “carnality” of a climatic scene in Ella and the narrator's relationship  At about 42:20, Chris charts the importance of a getaway for Ella in Skopje At about 44:20, Pete cites a period of separation between the two main characters and asks Chris about the significance of the book's title At about 49:00, Chris responds to Pete's questions about the drawbacks and benefits and vagaries of perspective in the novel At about 55:25, Chris reflects on narrative and its connections to history and to the novel At about 57:00, Pete compliments two anecdotes/scenes from the book, compares Ella's story of the French and Algerians to Wolff's “In the Garden of the North American Martyrs,” and Chris expands on the views of the narrator's family At about 1:02:50, Chris gives contact information, book purchasing info, and social media info At about 1:04:20, Chris talks about what he's working on and wants to write about in the future          You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.       I am very excited about having one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    This month's Patreon bonus episode features segments from conversations with Deesha Philyaw, Luis Alberto Urrea, Chris Stuck, and more, as they reflect on chill-inducing writing and writers that have inspired their own work.       This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 256 with Andrew Maraniss, a New York Times-bestselling author of narrative nonfiction. His first book, Strong Inside, about Perry Wallace, the first African-American basketball player in the SEC, won the 2015 Lillian Smith Book Award. Andrew recently launched a series of early chapter books for young readers, BEYOND THE GAME: Athletes Change the World, which highlights athletes who have done meaningful work outside of sports to help other people.    The episode will air on October 1.    Lastly, please go to ceasefiretoday.com, which features 10+ actions to help bring about Ceasefire in Gaza.

LitHouse podcast
On Display: Rachel Cusk and Jessika Gedin

LitHouse podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 60:14


The author of twelve novels, along with a number of non-fiction books and plays, Rachel Cusk is one of our most prominent contemporary writers. Her brave, razor sharp and original voice has made her a favourite with readers and critics alike.Cusk is a truly innovative writer, pushing the boundaries of the form for each new publication. Already in 2008, when she published her brutally honest depiction of motherhood A Life's Work, she was miles ahead of contemporary feminist discourse. Her Outline trilogy was considered by many critics a revolution of the novel form.Her latest novel Parade is no different. Here, Cusk continues her exploration of unconventional structures, delving into the lives of a number of artists all referred to with the initial G. Their stories are told through a nameless narrator moving seamlessly in and out of the different tales. The result is a boldly composed exploration of the role of the artist and what drives someone to create art, a novel about how both art and artist are shaped by society's gaze. In Parade, Cusk dissects interpersonal relationships and existential questions with precision and clarity.In The University of Oslo's Ceremonial Hall, Cusk will be joined by journalist and publisher Jessika Gedin, for a conversation about the connections between art and life, about gender roles, the artist and how we human beings are able to live side by side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Litteraturhusets podkast
På utstilling: Rachel Cusk og Jessika Gedin

Litteraturhusets podkast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 60:14


Rachel Cusk er en av vår tids fremste nålevende forfatterstemmer, og står bak 12 romaner, så vel som en rekke sakprosautgivelser og teaterstykker. Hennes modige, sylskarpe og originale litterære stemme har gjort henne til en favoritt blant lesere så vel som kritikere. Cusk er en nyskapende forfatter i ordets rette forstand, i den grad at hver nye utgivelse fra hennes hånd er noe helt nytt.Hun var milevis foran den offentlige, feministiske debatten da hun ga ut den ærlige morskaps-skildringen A Life's Work. Omriss-trilogien ble av mange kritikere ansett som revolusjonerende innenfor romanformen, og den nye utgivelsen Parade (til norsk ved Agnete Øye) står heller ikke tilbake for den karakteristikken. Her fortsetter Cusk sin utforskning av ukonvensjonelle fortellingsstrukturer, og dykker ned i livene til flere kunstnere, alle referert til med initialen G, fortalt gjennom en navnløs forteller som beveger seg sømløst ut og inn av de ulike historiene.Resultatet er en dristig komponert utforskning av kunstnerrollen, av hva som driver noen til å skape kunst, og om hvordan både kunst og kunstner også formes av samfunnets blikk. Samtidig er ikke skildringene og spørsmålene hun utforsker begrenset til kunstnere; mellommenneskelige relasjoner og eksistensielle spørsmål dissekeres presist og nådeløst.I Universitetets aula møter Cusk journalist og forlegger Jessika Gedin til samtale om forbindelsene mellom kunsten og livet, om kunstnerroller, kjønnsroller og hvordan vi mennesker lever sammen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Foxed Page
Lecture 72: Rachel Cusk's OUTLINE >> Maybe you have lingering questions about the insanely great, entirely original aspects of OUTLINE? Listen up!

The Foxed Page

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 58:41


Cusk's radical approach to the novel makes OUTLINE the perfect text for serious exploration. Its innovative approach to narrative, structure and even basic description meant plenty of grist for Kimberly's mill. Whether you loved OUTLINE or were left wondering what the hell just happened--prepare for some serious edification.

Morgenbladets podkast
Bokpodkast: Rachel Cusk, kunsten og livet

Morgenbladets podkast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 32:40


Få forfattere kan sies å ha samme forunderlige kombinasjon av litterær eksperimentvilje og kommersiell appell som Rachel Cusk. Med romaner som stritter imot det meste man tenker på som leservennlighet, har hun blitt et av verdenslitteraturens største navn. Og i sine seneste romaner har hun beveget seg mot billedkunsten på en måte som får konsekvenser helt ned i språket hennes. Med Ane Farsethås og Bernhard Ellefsen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podemos vivir esta historia
T6.E.46: Podemos vivir esta historia. Los 100 mejores libros del NY Times

Podemos vivir esta historia

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 72:37


El pasado mes de julio, el diario estadounidense The New York Times publicó una lista de “Los 100 mejores libros del Siglo XXI” que no tardó en dar de qué hablar. En este episodio, entretenido y profundo como el resto, Dani y Carla se sumergen en los libros que ellas han leído de la polémica lista y los que creen son los grandes ausentes. Si son amantes de la lectura o están buscando qué leer no pueden dejar de escuchar este episodio. Además, las invitamos a participar en el club de lectura de nuestro Patreon en el que ya discutimos “Los días del abandono” de Elena Ferrante (puesto 92 en la lista) y en la que seguramente seguiremos leyendo esos títulos y otros de interés. Libros de la lista del New York Times (con su posición correspondiente) leídos por Dani y Carla: 92 “Los días del abandono”, Elena Ferrante. 91 “La mancha humana”, Philip Roth. 81 “Temporada de huracanes”, Fernanda Melchor. 80 “La niña perdida”, Elena Ferrante. Libro 4 de la serie de “Las dos amigas”. 79 “Manual para mujeres de la limpieza”, Lucía Berlín. 59 “Middlesex”, Jeffrey Eugenides. 38 “Detectives salvajes”, Roberto Bolaño. 27 “Americanah”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 13 “El año del pensamiento mágico”, Joan Didion. 11 “La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao”, Junot Díaz. 9 “Nunca me abandones”, Kazuo Ishiguro. 1 “La amiga estupenda”, Elena Ferrante. Libro 1 de “Las dos amigas”. La lista completa la pueden conseguir en un post publicado el 15 de julio en el Instagram de @nytbooks. Otros libros mencionados en el episodio: “Los años”, Annie Ernaux. “Fármaco”, Almudena Sánchez. “Me llamo Lucy Barton”, Elizabeth Strout. “Las Malas”, Camila Sosa Villada. “Pura pasión”, Annie Ernaux. “El acontecimiento”, Annie Ernaux. “Medio sol amarillo”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “Criar en feminismo”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “Lo que no tiene nombre”, Piedad Bonnet. “Noches azules”, Joan Didion. “Despojos: Sobre el matrimonio y la separación”, Rachel Cusk. “Un trabajo para toda la vida: Sobre la experiencia de ser madre”, Rachel Cusk. “2666”, RobertoBolaño. “La hija oscura”, Elena Ferrante. “La vida mentirosa de los adultos”, Elena Ferrante. “Una educación”, Tara Westover. “Nada se opone a la noche”, Delphine De Vigan. Charlas TED “Todos deberíamos ser feministas”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Series “Olive Kitteridge”, HBO. “My Brilliant Friend”, HBO. “La vida mentirosa de los adultos”, Netflix. Películas “La hija oscura”. “Nunca me abandones”. Podcast “Grandes infelices. Luces y sombras de grandes novelistas”. Spotify. Patrion Apóyanos en Patrion  / podemosvivirestahistoria   Suscríbete, déjanos un comentario  y comparte con tus amigas ¿Dónde nos puedes encontrar? En nuestra redes sociales: • Carla Candia Casado es @agobiosdemadre • Daniela Kammoun es @danikammoun

RTÉ - Arena Podcast
Album reviews - Parade by Rachel Cusk - Grace at 30

RTÉ - Arena Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 44:31


Album reviews - Parade by Rachel Cusk - Grace at 30

Buchkritik - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Buchkritik - "Parade" von Rachel Cusk

Buchkritik - Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 6:19


Bleutge, Nico www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Lesart - das Literaturmagazin - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Buchkritik - "Parade" von Rachel Cusk

Lesart - das Literaturmagazin - Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 6:19


Bleutge, Nico www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Voices of The Walrus
The Upside Down Book

Voices of The Walrus

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 13:48


In her new novel, Rachel Cusk makes the case for becoming a stranger to yourself.

The Harper’s Podcast
Rachel Cusk and Ben Lerner: Live in Conversation

The Harper’s Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 46:49


In June, writers Rachel Cusk and Ben Lerner joined Harper's Magazine editor Christopher Carroll for a conversation and Q&A in front of a live audience at the NYU Skirball Center in downtown Manhattan. Listen to Cusk and Lerner read from their recent Harper's essays and discuss the state of contemporary fiction, Cusk's use of artists' biographies in her newest novel Parade, reading in a second language, parenthood, the role of ego in writing, and much more. Subscribe to Harper's Magazine for only $16.97 per year: harpers.org/save. “The Hofmann Wobble” by Ben Lerner, from the December 2023 issue of Harper's “The Spy” by Rachel Cusk, from the October 2023 issue of Harper's 11:31: “You can't be both an encyclopedia and a news source without some kind of contamination.” —Ben Lerner 19:09: “First of all, I thought, God, if I'd never told anyone who I was, starting with my parents, if I hadn't accepted that containment in myself, what would I have created? What would my relationship to reality be?”  —Rachel Cusk 25:18: “I mean this as a total compliment, but I read your books with a lot of dread.” —Ben Lerner to Rachel Cusk 26:36: “What the novel has tried to do, kind of wrongly, I guess, in the end, is for the act of reading to also be an act of shared experience.” —Rachel Cusk 28:34: “Being a good parent in the moment of composition, if you're trying to take care of those imagined readers, can be deadly for the work – not always, but sometimes.” —Ben Lerner 28:49: “On the other hand, having kids for me, especially young kids, it does refresh your wonder before language.” —Ben Lerner 29:43: “If your work can change in the way you change, or people change, when you have children, I think that's a really powerful thing.” —Rachel Cusk 32:10: “I'm really into animal vocalization stuff.” —Ben Lerner 34:23: “French has completely changed my English.” —Rachel Cusk 40:24: “My dad told me never to learn to type because I would end up being someone's secretary, which was kind of feminist of him I guess, but typing is the thing I've done the best with in my whole life.” —Rachel Cusk 41:23: “I think there's a lot of ego involved in the claim to disavow ego in writing.” —Ben Lerner 42:45: “What is a shame is the idea that examination of self is egotistical.” —Rachel Cusk

RNZ: Nine To Noon
Book review: Parade by Rachel Cusk

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 4:12


Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books in Auckland reviews Parade by Rachel Cusk published by Faber and Faber.

Shakespeare and Company
Rachel Cusk on Art, Violence and Freedom through Destruction

Shakespeare and Company

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 60:16


The biographies of several artists, all named G, form a kind of exoskeleton to Rachel Cusk's latest novel Parade, encasing the book's other captivating strands—the story of an unprovoked attack on a Parisian street, the story of a couple on a remote island, the story of a suicide at a museum, the story of the death of a mother. Elements which themselves are arranged into four sections—The Stuntman, The Midwife, The Diver and The Spy—that, set down beside each other, interact and converse thematically, philosophically, but also alchemically, like a kind of a very contemporary, and very Cuskian take on the Tarot. Parade is a novel that uncovers and disrupts systems of control on every scale—from systems of individual thought, to the systems of familial hegemony, to systems of societal oppression. It's also beautifully intricate, strikingly forthright and, at times, startlingly funny. In conversation with Adam Biles.Buy Parade: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/parade-2Rachel Cusk is the author of the Outline trilogy, the memoirs A Life's Work and Aftermath, and several other works of fiction and non-fiction. She is a Guggenheim fellow. She lives in Paris.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. His latest novel, Beasts of England, a sequel of sorts to Animal Farm, is available now. Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-englandListen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Momus: The Podcast
Elvia Wilk – Season 7, Episode 1

Momus: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 69:05


Launching Season 7, Elvia Wilk, an essayist, critic, and novelist, talks to Sky Goodden about the decision to quit writing—if only to be able to start again. In discussing rejection, the changing conditions of the field, and the denuding of successful female writers, Wilk also touches on the authors who have modelled quitting ("the authors of the 'no'"), or who have mitigated against their own exposure, including Olivia Sudjic, Enrique Vila-Matas. Rachel Cusk, and Elena Ferrante.Thank you to Elvia Wilk for her contribution to this season.Momus: The Podcast is edited by Jacob Irish, with production assistance from Chris Andrews.Many thanks to this episode's sponsors: Night Gallery and the AGYU.

Intelligence Squared
Rachel Cusk on Art, Womanhood and Redefining Fiction, Part Two

Intelligence Squared

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 38:50


This is the second instalment of three-part discussion. The writing of Rachel Cusk poses us constant challenges. Her critically acclaimed Outline trilogy and memoirs – A Life's Work and Aftermath – dared us to rethink the limits of character, identity and what it means to be a woman. Arguably, no writer working today has pushed the boundaries of contemporary writing and storytelling as far. She recently came to Intelligence Squared to discuss her exhilarating new novel Parade live onstage at London's Union Chapel. This work promises to once again expand the notion of what fiction can be and do. Joining Cusk in conversation was the writer and literary director of Shakespeare & Co bookstore in Paris, Adam Biles. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/IS for £100 sponsored credit. This is the second instalment of three-part discussion. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all three parts immediately and all of our longer form interviews and Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Intelligence Squared
Rachel Cusk on Art, Womanhood and Redefining Fiction, Part One

Intelligence Squared

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 41:32


This is the first instalment of three-part discussion. The writing of Rachel Cusk poses us constant challenges. Her critically acclaimed Outline trilogy and memoirs – A Life's Work and Aftermath – dared us to rethink the limits of character, identity and what it means to be a woman. Arguably, no writer working today has pushed the boundaries of contemporary writing and storytelling as far. She recently came to Intelligence Squared to discuss her exhilarating new novel Parade live onstage at London's Union Chapel. This work promises to once again expand the notion of what fiction can be and do. Joining Cusk in conversation was the writer and literary director of Shakespeare & Co bookstore in Paris, Adam Biles. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/IS for £100 sponsored credit. This is the first instalment of three-part discussion. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all three parts immediately and all of our longer form interviews and Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joel Golby's Book Club
E14: Rachel Cusk's Outline

Joel Golby's Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 28:07


After last week's venture into 'Cherry', a masterclass in dialogue, Joel's been on the hunt for more conversation. As you'll hear on the episode, they've not all been the most captivating, but he did read Rachel Cusk's 'Outline' which is a novel (novella?) set over ten conversations with strangers. Is it better than the chat he had with a stranger in a post room? Let's hope so. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Books Network
Helena De Bres on Life-Writing (JP, EF)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 41:00


How does the past live on within our experience of the present? And how does our decision to speak about or write down our recollections of how things were change our understanding of those memories--how does it change us in the present? Asking those questions back in 2019 brought RTB into the company of memory-obsessed writers like Virginia Woolf and Marcel Proust. Discussing autofiction by Rachel Cusk, Sheila Heti and Karl Ove Knausgaard, John and Elizabeth begin to understand that the line between real-life fact, memory, and fiction is not quite as sharp as we had thought. Joining Recall This Book for this conversation is philosopher Helena De Bres, author of influential articles including “The Many, not the Few: Pluralism about Global Distributive Justice”, “Justice in Transnational Governance”, “What's Special About the State?” “Local Food: The Moral Case” and most recently "Narrative and Meaning in Life". (Her website contains links to her many fine articles for fellow philosophers and for the general public). She has recently begun to work on moral philosophy, especially the question of what makes a life meaningful, and on philosophy of art. John ranks his favorite anthropologists, while Elizabeth wonders whether autofiction necessarily takes on the affect of an academic department meeting--and what that affect has to do with Kazuo Ishiguro. Discussed in this episode: "A Sketch of the Past," Virginia Woolf "Finding Innocence and Experience: Voices in Memoir," Sue William Silverman The Outline Trilogy, Rachel Cusk My Struggle, Karl Ove Knausgaard How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life, Sheila Heti An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro The Moth The Day of Shelly's Death: The Poetry and Ethnography of Grief, Renato Rosaldo Memoir: An Introduction, G. Thomas Couser The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell Or Orwell: Writing and Democratic Socialism, Alex Woloch Listen and Read Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Recall This Book
127* Helena De Bres on Life-Writing (JP, EF)

Recall This Book

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 41:00


How does the past live on within our experience of the present? And how does our decision to speak about or write down our recollections of how things were change our understanding of those memories--how does it change us in the present? Asking those questions back in 2019 brought RTB into the company of memory-obsessed writers like Virginia Woolf and Marcel Proust. Discussing autofiction by Rachel Cusk, Sheila Heti and Karl Ove Knausgaard, John and Elizabeth begin to understand that the line between real-life fact, memory, and fiction is not quite as sharp as we had thought. Joining Recall This Book for this conversation is philosopher Helena De Bres, author of influential articles including “The Many, not the Few: Pluralism about Global Distributive Justice”, “Justice in Transnational Governance”, “What's Special About the State?” “Local Food: The Moral Case” and most recently "Narrative and Meaning in Life". (Her website contains links to her many fine articles for fellow philosophers and for the general public). She has recently begun to work on moral philosophy, especially the question of what makes a life meaningful, and on philosophy of art. John ranks his favorite anthropologists, while Elizabeth wonders whether autofiction necessarily takes on the affect of an academic department meeting--and what that affect has to do with Kazuo Ishiguro. Discussed in this episode: "A Sketch of the Past," Virginia Woolf "Finding Innocence and Experience: Voices in Memoir," Sue William Silverman The Outline Trilogy, Rachel Cusk My Struggle, Karl Ove Knausgaard How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life, Sheila Heti An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro The Moth The Day of Shelly's Death: The Poetry and Ethnography of Grief, Renato Rosaldo Memoir: An Introduction, G. Thomas Couser The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell Or Orwell: Writing and Democratic Socialism, Alex Woloch Listen and Read Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Literary Studies
Helena De Bres on Life-Writing (JP, EF)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 41:00


How does the past live on within our experience of the present? And how does our decision to speak about or write down our recollections of how things were change our understanding of those memories--how does it change us in the present? Asking those questions back in 2019 brought RTB into the company of memory-obsessed writers like Virginia Woolf and Marcel Proust. Discussing autofiction by Rachel Cusk, Sheila Heti and Karl Ove Knausgaard, John and Elizabeth begin to understand that the line between real-life fact, memory, and fiction is not quite as sharp as we had thought. Joining Recall This Book for this conversation is philosopher Helena De Bres, author of influential articles including “The Many, not the Few: Pluralism about Global Distributive Justice”, “Justice in Transnational Governance”, “What's Special About the State?” “Local Food: The Moral Case” and most recently "Narrative and Meaning in Life". (Her website contains links to her many fine articles for fellow philosophers and for the general public). She has recently begun to work on moral philosophy, especially the question of what makes a life meaningful, and on philosophy of art. John ranks his favorite anthropologists, while Elizabeth wonders whether autofiction necessarily takes on the affect of an academic department meeting--and what that affect has to do with Kazuo Ishiguro. Discussed in this episode: "A Sketch of the Past," Virginia Woolf "Finding Innocence and Experience: Voices in Memoir," Sue William Silverman The Outline Trilogy, Rachel Cusk My Struggle, Karl Ove Knausgaard How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life, Sheila Heti An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro The Moth The Day of Shelly's Death: The Poetry and Ethnography of Grief, Renato Rosaldo Memoir: An Introduction, G. Thomas Couser The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell Or Orwell: Writing and Democratic Socialism, Alex Woloch Listen and Read Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Podemos vivir esta historia
T6. E41. Podemos vivir esta historia. La carga mental de las mujeres y la desigualdad en las labores del hogar

Podemos vivir esta historia

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 50:21


Este episodio se hizo esperar, lo sabemos (el último fue hace casi dos años); pero como reza el dicho, está tan bueno que bien ha valido el tiempo de descanso.  Dany y Carla cuentan por qué se tomaron esta pausa, qué están viviendo en esta etapa de sus vidas y todos los planes que esperan llevar adelante junto a sus fieles seguidoras ahora que están de regreso. Entre ellos un Patreon, en donde tendrán un club de lectura exclusivo para quienes se suscriban. Y como el par de amigas no le teme a los temas peliagudos, en este episodio hablan sobre la desigualdad en las labores del hogar y la carga mental de las mujeres con respecto a los hombres, a partir del libro “La mujer helada” de la escritora francesa Annie Ernaux, y con cifras y estudios que demuestran esta injusta realidad.  Libros  “La mujer helada”, Annie Ernaux. “Despojos. Sobre el matrimonio y la separación”, Rachel Cusk. Series “The Americans” (Star + Latinoamérica). “Intimidad” (Netflix). GirlBoss. (Netflix) Estudios Estudios sobre brecha de género de la ganadora al Nobel de Economía de 2023 Claudia Goldin.   “Las mujeres hoy. Cómo son, qué piensan y cómo se sienten”, realizado por la economista Laura Sagnier y María Ángeles Durán. Universidad de Valencia- España. Otras referencias  Humanidad Compartida. Concepto de autocompasión consciente desarrollado por Kristin Neff y Christopher Germer.  Patrion Apóyanos en Patrion patreon.com/Podemosvivirestahistoria Si quieres sugerirnos un tema , contarnos tus historias o simplemente saludarnos puedes hacerlo en podemosvivirestahistoria@gmail.comSuscríbete, déjanos un comentario  y comparte con tus amigas¿Dónde nos puedes encontrar?En nuestra redes sociales:• Carla Candia Casado es @agobiosdemadre• Daniela Kammoun es @danikammoun y @projectglamm

3.55
Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon invite Rachel Cusk

3.55

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 43:57


For this thirteenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] that was held at the 7L library in Paris, CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the House, invited novelist and essayist Rachel Cusk, along with model and friend of the House Naomi Campbell.Moderated by author and critic Erica Wagner, this encounter dedicated to the work of Rachel Cusk considers motherhood, how to explore personal stories through literature and the rework of the literary form it requires: “I think I always felt that my duty was to reality and how the novel could show that and contain it.”Extract from A Life's Work, Copyright © 2001, 2008, Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.Excerpt from A Life's Work: on Becoming a Mother by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2001 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 1993 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.© Whitbread PLC.© Costa Book AwardsThe Country Life by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.The Country Life by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 1997 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.In the Fold © Rachel Cusk, 2005.Arlington Park © Rachel Cusk, 2006.Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2006 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Outline Copyright © 2014 Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.Outline by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2014 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Transit by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2018. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Transit by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2016 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Kudos by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Kudos by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2018 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Extract from Second Place by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2021 Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Excerpt from Second Place by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2021 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted/Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Extract from Second Place Copyright © 2021 Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.© Association Prix Femina.Rachel Cusk, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation, © Faber & Faber, 2019.Extract from Aftermath: on marriage and separation by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2012 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Parade © Rachel Cusk, 2024.Parade by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2024 by Rachel Cusk. Forthcoming from Faber & Faber Ltd. and Farrar, Straus and Giroux in June 2024. All Rights Reserved.From The New York Times Magazine. © 2016, The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under licenseMrs Dalloway © Virginia Woolf, 1925Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter, Translated by Ann Goldstein, © Europa, 2008. First published 2006 by Edizioni e/o as La figlia oscura La figlia oscura by Elena Ferrante © 2006 by Edizioni E/O.

The Chills at Will Podcast
Episode 226 with Priscilla Gilman, Author of The Critic's Daughter and Skilled and Thoughtful Chronicler of the Universal and the Intimately Personal

The Chills at Will Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 66:45


Notes and Links to Priscilla Gilman's Work      For Episode 226, Pete welcomes Priscilla Gilman, and the two discuss, among other topics, her famous and accomplished parents, and the perks and drawbacks that came with running in circles with dynamic writers and creatives, her voracious appetite for art and media and books, formational and informative works of art, books and not, her father's wonderful work, belief in the sanctity of childhood, grief and its manifestations, the ways in which her relationships were nurturing and not, and how she managed to write lovingly and honestly about such a towering and beloved figure.      Priscilla Gilman is the author of the memoir, The Anti-Romantic Child, and a former professor of English literature at Yale University and Vassar College. The Anti-Romantic Child received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist, was selected as one the Best Books of 2011 by the Leonard Lopate Show and The Chicago Tribune, and was one of five nominees for a Books for a Better Life Award for Best First Book. Gilman's writing has appeared in the New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City.     Buy The Critic's Daughter: A Memoir   Priscilla's Wikipedia Page   WYNC Episode: "The Critic's Daughter' Explores the Marriage of Lynn Nesbit and Richard Gilman"    New York Times Review of The Critic's Daughter At about 2:00, Priscilla shouts out bookstores at which to buy her book and book events  At about 3:00, Pete and Priscilla fanboy and fangirl about Episode 42 guest Edoardo Ballerini At about 5:00, Priscila talks about early reading, texts, and authors who “enraptured” her At about 7:05, Priscilla and Pete talk about how her reading and writing life was shaped by her literary and artistic parents, Richard Gilman and Lynn Nesbit  At about 10:50, Priscilla responds to Pete's questions about what it has been like to know some many literary and artistic giants on a personal level At about 15:30, Priscilla speaks to early writing and reading and her path to academia and literature, including the wonderful role played by Brearley High School   At about 19:10, Priscilla references some of many contemporary writers like Sarah Watters,  Ishiguro, Louise Erdrich, Strout, Leslie Jamison, Claire Keegan, Rachel Cusk, Lore Siegal, and Yaa Gaasi, who inspire and thrill her At about 22:55, Pete and Priscilla discuss the book's epigraphs and their significances  At about 28:10, The two geek out about Priscilla's talented sister At about 28:40, Pete wonders about  At about 32:20, Shaina Taub is shouted out, as Priscilla talks about a cool collaboration with her son and his high school drama At about 33:05, Pete points out an interesting opening excerpt that compares and contrasts Priscilla's father and the NYC oeuvre he lived in; Priscilla also discusses the book's universality At about 35:30, Priscilla discusses the old days of being able to live comfortably as an artist/critic and the book as a sort of lament for long-gone neighborhoods At about 37:45, Priscilla compliments Joan Didion as a wonderful, “kind, thoughtful sweetheart and incredible genius” At about 38:45, The two discuss ideas of public intellectuals and Wolff's Old School At about 40:20, Pete asks Priscilla about being true to her father and to herself in writing her book-the two refer to a memorable George Bernard Shaw quote At about 44:15, Priscilla alludes to an often-quoted line from her book that speaks to ideas of “moving on” and grief At about 45:10, The two further discuss Richard Gilman's public life and fame At about 48:00, Pete cites a disappointing workshop experience in connecting to a powerful and poignant story that Priscilla relates-her first memory-that is a microcosm of so much in her and her father's lives At about 50:40, The two discuss how Richard Gilman “believed in childhood”  At about 54:30, Pete references excerpts about Priscilla's mindset after her parents' separation and her father's as well At about 55:30, Priscilla reference her father's vivaciousness and physical and mental frailties  At about 58:30, The two discuss some wonderful years late in Richard's life with his wife Yasuko At about 59:40, Priscilla underscores ideas of universality in her writing and beyond At about 1:02:15, Priscilla talks about “tak[ing] the long view” and a wondrous and moving line about the grieving process and hope      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    I am very excited that starting in February with Episode 220 with Neef Ekpoudom and Episode 222 with Andrew Leland, I will have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review-I'm looking forward to the partnership!    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. New as of this week is the opportunity to be a "Well-Wisher and Cheerleader"-which is just $1 per month. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!       This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 227 with Gina Chung, author of the novel SEA CHANGE, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, a 2023 B&N Discover Pick, and a New York Times Most Anticipated Book. The episode drops on March 12, Pub Day for her dynamic short story collection GREEN FROG.

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast
122. Knives Out! The Great Personal Essay Debate

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 11:30


This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThis is a hot one! Nancy and Sarah fundamentally disagree about Emily Gould's viral essay on the lure of divorce. Nancy compares the story to the rot in France before the formation of the Vichy regime. Sarah believes personal essays like this help people feel less alone. Can she change Nancy's mind, as Walter Kirn did on the most recent episode? (Fast-track to 33:08 for that

New Books Network
Sheila Heti Speaks About Awe with Sunny Yudkoff (JP)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 43:08


In this fantastic recent episode from our colleagues at Novel Dialogue, Sheila Heti sits down with Sunny Yudkoff and John to discuss her incredibly varied oeuvre. She does it all: stories, novels, alphabetized diary entries as well as a series of dialogues in the New Yorker with an AI named Alice. Drawing on her background in Jewish Studies, Sunny prompts Sheila to unpack the implicit and explicit theology of her recent Pure Colour (Sheila admits she “spent a lot of time thinking about …what God's pronouns are going to be” )–as well as the protagonist's temporary transformation into a leaf. The three also explore how life and lifelikeness shape How Should a Person Be. Sheila explains why “auto-fiction” strikes her as a “bad category” and “a lazy way of thinking about what the author is doing formally” since “the history of literature is authors melding their imagination with their lived experience.” if you enjoyed this Novel Dialogue crossover conversation, you might also check out earlier ones with Joshua Cohen, Charles Yu, Caryl Phillips, Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner and Orhan Pamuk. Mentioned in this Episode: By Sheila Heti: Pure Colour How Should a Person Be? Alphabetical Diaries Ticknor We Need a Horse (children's book) The Chairs are Where the People Go (with Misha Glouberman) Also mentioned: Oulipo Group Autofiction: e.g. Ben Lerner, Rachel Cusk, Karl Ove Knausgard Craig Seligman, Sontag and Kael George Eliot, Middlemarch Clarice Lispector (e.g. The Hour of the Star) Kenneth Goldsmith Soliloquy Willa Cather , The Professor's House (overlap of reality and recollection): “When I look into the Æneid now, I can always see two pictures: the one on the page, and another behind that: blue and purple rocks and yellow-green piñons with flat tops, little clustered houses clinging together for protection, a rude tower rising in their midst, rising strong, with calmness and courage–behind it a dark grotto, in its depths a crystal spring.”) William Steig, Sylvester and The Magic Pebble. Listen and Read: Transcript: 6.6 Overtaken by Awe: Sheila Heti speaks with Sunny Yudkoff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Recall This Book
123* Sheila Heti Speaks About Awe with Sunny Yudkoff (JP)

Recall This Book

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 43:08


In this fantastic recent episode from our colleagues at Novel Dialogue, Sheila Heti sits down with Sunny Yudkoff and John to discuss her incredibly varied oeuvre. She does it all: stories, novels, alphabetized diary entries as well as a series of dialogues in the New Yorker with an AI named Alice. Drawing on her background in Jewish Studies, Sunny prompts Sheila to unpack the implicit and explicit theology of her recent Pure Colour (Sheila admits she “spent a lot of time thinking about …what God's pronouns are going to be” )–as well as the protagonist's temporary transformation into a leaf. The three also explore how life and lifelikeness shape How Should a Person Be. Sheila explains why “auto-fiction” strikes her as a “bad category” and “a lazy way of thinking about what the author is doing formally” since “the history of literature is authors melding their imagination with their lived experience.” if you enjoyed this Novel Dialogue crossover conversation, you might also check out earlier ones with Joshua Cohen, Charles Yu, Caryl Phillips, Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner and Orhan Pamuk. Mentioned in this Episode: By Sheila Heti: Pure Colour How Should a Person Be? Alphabetical Diaries Ticknor We Need a Horse (children's book) The Chairs are Where the People Go (with Misha Glouberman) Also mentioned: Oulipo Group Autofiction: e.g. Ben Lerner, Rachel Cusk, Karl Ove Knausgard Craig Seligman, Sontag and Kael George Eliot, Middlemarch Clarice Lispector (e.g. The Hour of the Star) Kenneth Goldsmith Soliloquy Willa Cather , The Professor's House (overlap of reality and recollection): “When I look into the Æneid now, I can always see two pictures: the one on the page, and another behind that: blue and purple rocks and yellow-green piñons with flat tops, little clustered houses clinging together for protection, a rude tower rising in their midst, rising strong, with calmness and courage–behind it a dark grotto, in its depths a crystal spring.”) William Steig, Sylvester and The Magic Pebble. Listen and Read: Transcript: 6.6 Overtaken by Awe: Sheila Heti speaks with Sunny Yudkoff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Literature
Sheila Heti Speaks About Awe with Sunny Yudkoff (JP)

New Books in Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 43:08


In this fantastic recent episode from our colleagues at Novel Dialogue, Sheila Heti sits down with Sunny Yudkoff and John to discuss her incredibly varied oeuvre. She does it all: stories, novels, alphabetized diary entries as well as a series of dialogues in the New Yorker with an AI named Alice. Drawing on her background in Jewish Studies, Sunny prompts Sheila to unpack the implicit and explicit theology of her recent Pure Colour (Sheila admits she “spent a lot of time thinking about …what God's pronouns are going to be” )–as well as the protagonist's temporary transformation into a leaf. The three also explore how life and lifelikeness shape How Should a Person Be. Sheila explains why “auto-fiction” strikes her as a “bad category” and “a lazy way of thinking about what the author is doing formally” since “the history of literature is authors melding their imagination with their lived experience.” if you enjoyed this Novel Dialogue crossover conversation, you might also check out earlier ones with Joshua Cohen, Charles Yu, Caryl Phillips, Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner and Orhan Pamuk. Mentioned in this Episode: By Sheila Heti: Pure Colour How Should a Person Be? Alphabetical Diaries Ticknor We Need a Horse (children's book) The Chairs are Where the People Go (with Misha Glouberman) Also mentioned: Oulipo Group Autofiction: e.g. Ben Lerner, Rachel Cusk, Karl Ove Knausgard Craig Seligman, Sontag and Kael George Eliot, Middlemarch Clarice Lispector (e.g. The Hour of the Star) Kenneth Goldsmith Soliloquy Willa Cather , The Professor's House (overlap of reality and recollection): “When I look into the Æneid now, I can always see two pictures: the one on the page, and another behind that: blue and purple rocks and yellow-green piñons with flat tops, little clustered houses clinging together for protection, a rude tower rising in their midst, rising strong, with calmness and courage–behind it a dark grotto, in its depths a crystal spring.”) William Steig, Sylvester and The Magic Pebble. Listen and Read: Transcript: 6.6 Overtaken by Awe: Sheila Heti speaks with Sunny Yudkoff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

New Books in Literary Studies
Overtaken by Awe: Sheila Heti speaks with Sunny Yudkoff

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 44:24


Sheila Heti sits down with Sunny Yudkoff and ND host John Plotz to discuss her incredibly varied oeuvre. She does it all: stories, novels, alphabetized diary entries as well as a series of dialogues in the New Yorker with an AI named Alice. Drawing on her background in Jewish Studies, Sunny prompts Sheila to unpack the implicit and explicit theology of her recent Pure Color (Sheila admits she “spent a lot of time thinking about …what God's pronouns are going to be" )--as well as the protagonist's temporary transformation into a leaf. The three also explore how life and lifelikeness shape How Should a Person Be. Sheila explains why "auto-fiction" strikes her as a "bad category" and "a lazy way of thinking about what the author is doing formally" since "the history of literature is authors melding their imagination with their lived experience." Sheila's response to the signature question was both textual and hilarious. A true writer's weirdness! Mentioned in this Episode: By Sheila Heti: Pure Colour How Should a Person Be? Alphabetical Diaries Ticknor We Need a Horse (children's book) The Chairs are Where the People Go (with Misha Glouberman) Also mentioned: Oulipo Group Autofiction: e.g. Ben Lerner, Rachel Cusk, Karl Ove Knausgard Craig Seligman, Sontag and Kael George Eliot, Middlemarch Clarice Lispector (e.g. The Hour of the Star) Kenneth Goldsmith Soliloquy Willa Cather , The Professor's House William Steig, Sylvester and The Magic Pebble. Find out more about Novel Dialogue and its hosts and organizers here. Contact us, get that exact quote from a transcript, and explore many more conversations between novelists and critics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

The Chills at Will Podcast
Episode 213 with Andrew Porter, Reflective and Genius of the Understated and Resonant, Creator of Unforgettable Characters, and Author of the Story Collection, The Disappeared

The Chills at Will Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 53:17


Notes and Links to Andrew Porter's Work        For Episode 213, Pete welcomes Andrew Porter, and the two discuss, among other topics, his lifelong love of art and creativity, his pivotal short story classes in college, wonderful writing mentors, the stories that continue to thrill and inspire him and his students, and salient themes from his most recent collection, such as the ephemeral nature of life, fatherhood, aging and nostalgia, and friendship triangles and squares.       Andrew Porter is the author of the short story collection The Theory of Light and Matter (Vintage/Penguin Random House), which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, the novel In Between Days (Knopf), which was a Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers”  selection and an IndieBound “Indie Next” selection, and the short story  collection The Disappeared (Knopf), which was recently published in April 2023. Porter's books have been published in foreign editions in the UK and Australia and translated into numerous  languages, including French, Spanish, Dutch, Bulgarian, and Korean.    In addition to winning the Flannery O'Connor Award, his collection, The Theory of Light and Matter,  received Foreword Magazine's “Book of the Year” Award for Short  Fiction, was a finalist for The Steven Turner Award, The Paterson Prize  and The WLT Book Award, was shortlisted for the William Saroyan  International Prize for Writing, and was selected by both The Kansas City Star and The San Antonio Express-News  as one of the “Best Books of the Year.”    The recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the James Michener-Copernicus Foundation, the W.K. Rose Foundation, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Porter's  short stories have appeared in One Story, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, The Threepenny Review, The Missouri Review, Narrative Magazine, Epoch, Story, The Colorado Review, and Prairie Schooner, among others. He has had his work read on NPR's Selected Shorts and twice selected as one of the Distinguished Stories of the Year by Best American Short Stories.       A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Porter is currently a Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Trinity University in San Antonio.   Andrew's Website   Buy The Disappeared   The Disappeared Review from Chicago Review of Books   New York Times Shoutout for The Disappeared At about 1:50, Pete asks Andrew about the Spurs and breakfast tacos in San Antonio   At about 2:40, Andrew discusses his artistic loves as a kid and growing up and his picking up a love for the short story in college   At about 5:20, Andrew cites Bausch, Carver, Richard Ford, Amy Hempel, Lorrie Moore, and Joyce Carol Oates' story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” as formative and transformative   At about 8:40, Andrew responds to Pete's question about whom he is reading these days-writers including Annie Ernauex, Rachel Cusk, and Jamel Brinkley   At about 10:00, Andrew traces the evolution of his writing career, including how he received wonderful mentorship from Dean Crawford and the “hugely” influential David Wong Louie    At about 12:15, Pete asks Andrew what feedback he has gotten since his short story collection The Disappeared has received, and what his students have said as well   At about 13:50, Pete highlights Andrew's wonderful and resonant endings and he and Andrew discuss the powerful opening story of the collection, “Austin”   At about 17:55, Pete puts the flash fiction piece “Cigarettes” into context regarding the book's theme of aging and nostalgia   At about 19:00, Pete laments his predicament as he readies to play in the high school Students vs. Faculty Game (plot spoiler: he played well, and the faculty won)   At about 19:40, The two discuss the engrossing and echoing “Vines” short story, including themes within, and Andrew discusses the art life   At about 23:00, “Cello” is discussed in the vein of a life lived with(out) art   At about 24:20, The story “Chili” is discussed with regards to the theme of aging, and Andrew expounds about including foods he likes and that he identifies with San Antonio and Austin   At about 26:40, Pete stumbles through remembering details of a favorite canceled show and talks glowingly about “Rhinebeck” and its characters and themes; Andrew discusses the topics that interest him and inspired the story   At about 30:20, Pete and Andrew discuss “in-betweeners” in the collection, including Jimena and others who complicate romantic and friend relationships   At about 32:50, Pete cites the collection's titular story and the “netherworld” in which the characters exist; Andrew collects the story with the previously-mentioned ones in exploring “triangulation”   At about 34:20, The two discussed what Pete dubs “men unmoored” in the collection   At about 35:15, The two discuss art as a collection theme, and Anthony speaks on presenting different levels of art and different representations of the creative life and past versions of ourselves   At about 37:15, Andrew replies to Pete asking about art/writing as a “restorative process”   At about 38:25, The two discuss the ways in which fatherhood is discussed in the collection, especially in the story “Breathe”   At about 43:15, The two continue to talk about the ephemeral nature of so much of the book, including in the titular story   At about 44:25, Andrew responds to Pete's asking about the ephemeral nature of the book and how he wanted the titular story's ending to be a sort of an answer to the collection's first story   At about 46:20, Pete refers to the delightful ambiguity in the book   At about 47:15, Pete asks Andrew about future projects    At about 50:00, Andrew shouts out publishing info, social media contacts    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast    This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.    Please tune in for Episode 214 with Leah Myers. Leah is a member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of the Pacific Northwest, and she earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of New Orleans, where she won the Samuel Mockbee Award for Nonfiction two years in a row. Her debut memoir, THINNING BLOOD, is published by W.W. Norton and received a rave review in the New York Times.    The episode will air on November 28.

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

Rachel Cusk reads her story “The Stuntman,” which appeared in the April 24 & May 1, 2023, issue of the magazine. Cusk, a Guggenheim fellow, is the author of four nonfiction works and eleven novels, including the “Outline” trilogy and, most recently, “Second Place.”