Footnotes to a Novel footnotestoanovel
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A look at the work that goes into that novel on your bookshelf. On Footnotes to a Novel, I talk with authors about the inspiration and research behind their writing, and with the scholars whose own work helps bring the books we love to life.
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Donovan Hohn
On this episode, an interview with essayist Donovan Hohn, author of The Inner Coast: Essays and Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea.
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Natalie Bakopoulos
On this episode, an interview with novelist Natalie Bakopoulos, author of Scorpionfish and The Green Shore.
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The Mountain
On this episode of Footnotes to a Novel, a look back into our distant past, when stories and death were still new. I talk with archaeologist Timothy Taylor, author of The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death. Music: "Further discovery," and "Watching tower," by Blear Moon, from Expanding Lands ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
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Karen Outen
On this episode, I'm joined by author Karen Outen, who will be reading her essay "Fear Will Not Save Us." We talk art, the perils of mountain climbing, and the long difficult path toward racial justice in America.
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Book Review: The Great Concert of the Night - Jonathan Buckley
A review of Jonathan Buckley's latest novel The Great Concert of the Night (New York Review Books)
Music: Indigo Blocks by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ -
Elizabeth Kostova
On this episode, an interview with best-selling novelist Elizabeth Kostova, author of The Historian, The Swan Thieves, and The Shadow Land.
Music: "Self Driving," by Sro