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How Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Hernan Diaz Writes: Redux
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
How Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Hernan Diaz Writes: Redux
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
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37 minutes
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May 12, 2023
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NOTE: This is an updated replay of an amazing chat I had with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Hernan Diaz, who spoke to me exactly one year ago about rejection, his unusual path to literary stardom, subverting reader expectations, and his latest novel TRUST.
A big congrats to Hernan who recently won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
His novel, Trust, shared the Pulitzer Books prize with Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, Demon Copperhead. Trust was named one of 2022’s Most Anticipated Books by The New York Times, OprahDaily, The Today Show, Vogue, Vulture, AV Club, and many others.
Described as "...an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle .... about money, power, intimacy, and perception," The NY Times called Trust, “Intricate, cunning and consistently surprising ..."
Hernan was also a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and his first novel, In the Distance, won the Saroyan International Prize, the Cabell Award, the Prix Page America, and the New American Voices Award, among other distinctions. He holds a Ph.D. from NYU, edits an academic journal at Columbia University, and his stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Playboy, The Yale Review, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere.
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In this file Hernan Diaz and I discussed:
Why the path to publication is a Catch-22 for authors
The lonely road to Pulitzer Nominee and the disorientation of fame
What he learned from Jorge Luis Borges
Re-mapping the isthmus of referential reality
How he unlearned academic writing
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
hernandiaz.net
Trust by Hernan Diaz (Amazon Affiliate)
Hernan Diaz Amazon Author Page (Amazon Affiliate)
Pulitzer Prizes 2023: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists - NY Times
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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A big congrats to Hernan who recently won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
His novel, Trust, shared the Pulitzer Books prize with Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, Demon Copperhead. Trust was named one of 2022’s Most Anticipated Books by The New York Times, OprahDaily, The Today Show, Vogue, Vulture, AV Club, and many others.
Described as "...an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle .... about money, power, intimacy, and perception," The NY Times called Trust, “Intricate, cunning and consistently surprising ..."
Hernan was also a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and his first novel, In the Distance, won the Saroyan International Prize, the Cabell Award, the Prix Page America, and the New American Voices Award, among other distinctions. He holds a Ph.D. from NYU, edits an academic journal at Columbia University, and his stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Playboy, The Yale Review, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere.
[Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm]
[If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen]
In this file Hernan Diaz and I discussed:
Why the path to publication is a Catch-22 for authors
The lonely road to Pulitzer Nominee and the disorientation of fame
What he learned from Jorge Luis Borges
Re-mapping the isthmus of referential reality
How he unlearned academic writing
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
hernandiaz.net
Trust by Hernan Diaz (Amazon Affiliate)
Hernan Diaz Amazon Author Page (Amazon Affiliate)
Pulitzer Prizes 2023: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists - NY Times
Kelton Reid on Twitter
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
May 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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