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Brian Dillon & Jennifer Higgie: Affinities
Brian Dillon & Jennifer Higgie: Affinities
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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Apr 19, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In Affinities, a series of linked essays, Brian Dillon investigates what it might mean for a thing to be like something else, and what it might mean for things to be connected even when they are nothing like one another. Currently Professor of Creative Writing at Queen Mary, University of London, Dillon’s writing is always surprising, and revelatory. Expect both revelations and surprises.Dillon was joined in conversation by the writer Jennifer Higgie, whose latest book is The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World.Buy Affinities: lrb.me/affinitiesbookFind more events at the Bookshop: lrb.me/eventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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