How To Proceed

Listen to the American poet Mary Ruefle read three short texts, Self-Criticism, Personalia and grey sadness. All from her book My Private Property. Music by Kingocito and Sandra Kolstad. Artwork b...

26 Okt 20204min

We have a globally out of control situation, says Mary Ruefle.In this epsiode she talks about reading and writing, about clarity and fear, about menopause and the freedom of invisibility, and about be...

26 Okt 202055min

George Saunders reads an excerpt from his New Yorker essay “Trump Days” and another excerpt from his critically acclaimed novel Lincoln in the Bardo.Music by Kingocito and Sandra Kolstad. Artwork ...

11 Okt 20207min

Is literature a political force? Yes, says George Saunders.In this episode, he talks about Trump, civility and the public discourse of our time. On Kindness and Meanness. On form and revision. Voice, ...

11 Okt 20201h 6min

Linn Ullmann talks to the American author Joyce Carol Oates about memories and loss, about «bearing witness» through literature, about her mother and grandmother, about the US today, about writing, fa...

9 Sep 20201h 7min

Linn Ullmann talks to the American poet Terrance Hayes about poetry in the time of pandemics and Trump, about intimacy and vulnerability, about his obsession with time, form and order, and about poetr...

27 Aug 20201h 7min

Linn Ullmann talks to Ali Smith about her seasonal quartet, about hope and despair, language and form, Shakespeare and writing companions, and about why migration is the story of our time. Plus we get...

26 Jun 20201h 3min

Welcome to How To Proceed with Linn Ullmann! In this introductory episode, author Linn Ullmann and artistic director at the House of Literature in Oslo, Linn Rottem, discuss how this podcast came abou...

19 Jun 20208min