160. Fear and Tension w/ Eskor David Johnson, Part One

About this episode

Eskor David Johnson joins Sean Thor Conroe and Harold Rogers to discuss various literary works and personal experiences.

Pay As You Go (2023, McSweeney's) author Eskor David Johnson with Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe talking 100 Years of Solitude, Solibo Magnificent by Patrick Chamoiseau, Salman Rushdie, Alvaro Mutis, I, the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos, growing up in Trinidad and storms in Arkansas.

People in this episode

Host: Sean Thor Conroe

Guest: Eskor David Johnson

Topics covered

• literature
• Caribbean culture
• author discussions
• fiction analysis
• growing up in Trinidad
• storms in Arkansas

Keywords

• Eskor David Johnson
• 100 Years of Solitude
• Solibo Magnificent
• literature
• Trinidad
• Salman Rushdie
• Alvaro Mutis
• Augusto Roa Bastos

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 100 Years of Solitude, Solibo Magnificent, I, the Supreme

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