Deborah Levy
Our guest in this episode is the British writer Deborah Levy. She talks to Linn Ullmann about living and writing in lock-down, about intimacy and formality, the personal and political, and how “The “I...
16 Mar 20211h 3min
Bonus Episode: A Reading by Édouard Louis
Listen to the French writer Édouard Louis read a short excerpt from his latest book, Who Killed My Father? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 Jan 20212min
Édouard Louis
Our guest in this episode is the French writer Édouard Louis. He talks about writing for your enemies, Black Lives Matter, Toni Morrison and ghosts at the table. Read more in our show notes here.Talki...
27 Jan 20211h 10min
Bonus Episode: A reading by Jenny Erpenbeck
Listen to the German author Jenny Erpenbeck reading an excerpt from her novel End of Days (translated into English by Susan Bernofsky).Music by Kingocito and Sandra Kolstad. Artwork by Julius Vidarssø...
22 Des 20204min
Jenny Erpenbeck
Our guest in this episode is the German writer Jenny Erpenbeck. She talks about hope and despair, time and empathy, writing routines, refugees, and the importance of things. Read more in our show note...
22 Des 20201h 4min
Bonus episode: Three readings by Moez Surani
Listen to the Canadian poet Moez Surani reading three poems: "Best Decisions of my Life So Far", "Lullaby for a Waning Empire" and "The Day We Lay in Bed Like John & Yoko", all from his latest poetry ...
14 Des 202010min
Moez Surani
In this episode is the Canadian poet Moez Surani talks about the violence of language, about identity, and the distance between where we are and where we belong. And about happiness.Talking to Surani ...
14 Des 202056min
Arundhati Roy
The pandemic is a portal between one world and another, an opportunity to image another world, says the award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy.In this episode, Roy talks about fathers, fascism, bea...
27 Nov 20201h 10min
