First Draft 12th Anniversary Best Of - Michael Cunningham

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with novelist Michael Cunningham about his work and experiences in writing.

Michael Cunningham is a novelist, screenwriter, and educator. His novel The Hours received the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1999. He has taught at Columbia University and Brooklyn College. He is currently a professor in the practice at Yale University. This is about his novel The Snow Queen recorded in 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mitzi Rapkin

Guest: Michael Cunningham

Topics covered

• novel writing
• literature
• Pulitzer Prize
• education
• interview

Keywords

• Michael Cunningham
• The Hours
• The Snow Queen
• Pulitzer Prize
• novelist

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia University, Brooklyn College, Yale University

Books & works: The Hours, The Snow Queen

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