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Catherine Lacey imagines a character without race or gender in her novel, Pew
Catherine Lacey imagines a character without race or gender in her novel, Pew
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The American novelist and short story writer talked to Eleanor Wachtel about growing up in Mississippi and her novel, Pew, which follows a mysterious stranger who makes a big impact on a small town in the American South. This interview originally aired February 28, 2021.
Released:
Mar 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (26)
Jesmyn Ward on exploring the stories of America's South: Jesmyn Ward's novel, Salvage the Bones, is an intimate and compelling look at Hurricane Katrina and the American South. It won the National Book award in 2011. Following the success of Salvage the Bones, Ward released her memoir, Men We Reaped, which examines her experiences with racism, the absence of her father and the death of her younger brother. Her new novel, Let Us Descend, follows an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War. *This interview originally aired on Sept. 28, 2014. by Writers and Company