Workshop 59: Jennifer Egan

About this episode

Jennifer Egan discusses her unconventional narrative style and her latest novel, Manhattan Beach.

Conventional, linear narratives are not really Jennifer Egan’s thing. She's a shape-shifter of fiction – jumping through time, space, voices and forms. She's written a graphic novel, a short story composed of tweets, and, in the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad, a kind of novel-as-concept album. Jennifer Egan takes on historical fiction in her newest novel, Manhattan Beach. We called her at her home in Brooklyn to ask about her process and how she begins her unpredictable novels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Jennifer Egan

Topics covered

• narrative structure
• historical fiction
• writing process
• fiction
• Pulitzer Prize

Keywords

• Jennifer Egan
• fiction
• narrative
• writing
• Pulitzer Prize
• Manhattan Beach
• A Visit from the Goon Squad

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach

Places: Brooklyn

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