Chris Kraus on Mary McCarthy
The American writer Chris Kraus has previously visited The House of Literature to talk about I Love Dick, a semi-autobiographic novel first published in 1997, which still attracts new readers after mo...
23 Aug 201937min
Siri Hustvedt and Linn Ullmann about Memories of the Future
In Siri Hustvedt’s new novel Memories of the Future, the grown up and well established writer S.H. enters into dialogue with twenty-year-old S.H., with her reflections, her writing and her experiences...
21 Juni 20191h 13min
Ibrahim Olabi about sexual violence in Syria
Several women who have survived brutal imprisonment and sexual violence in Syria are part of lawsuit initiatives against the current government. How may these initiatives contribute to hold the govern...
14 Juni 201941min
Édouard Louis and Geoffroy de Lagasnerie about bodies, violence and power
How can we understand the movement Gilets Jaunes – the Yellow vests? What does this police violence against blacks say about the official French view of black people? Édouard Louis’s latest novel, Qui...
7 Juni 20191h 12min
Sara Ahmed on complaint and abuses of power
Sara Ahmed is a renowned scholar within fields such as feminist theory, queer theory and critical race theory. In her most recent project, Ahmed has interviewed staff and students about their experien...
31 Maj 20191h 23min
Istanbul seen from below: Burhan Sönmez and Janneken Øverland
There is a longstanding literary tradition of portraying the city of Istanbul in writing, both by Turkish and other writers. Where does Turkish writer Burhan Sönmez place himself within this tradition...
16 Maj 20191h 2min
Kristen Roupenian and Eline Lund Fjæren on Cats and Women
The American writer Kristen Roupenian caused a sensation when her debut short story «Cat Person» was published in The New Yorker in 2017. With #Metoo at its peak, the story’s treatment of bad sex made...
3 Maj 20191h 4min
Leïla Slimani and Maria Horvei about Lullaby
In French Moroccan Leïla Slimani’s books, the psychological development of the characters is what captures the reader. Lullaby explores the interactions of a small upper middle-class family. What powe...
5 Apr 20191h 1min
