Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say

From Gays Reading by Jason Blitman

May 8, 2026 · 54 min · Episode 201

About this episode

Jason Blitman interviews Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Strout about her latest novel and various thought-provoking topics.

Host Jason Blitman talks to Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Strout about her latest novel, The Things We Never Say .  Conversation highlights include: 🧠 Thoughts on free will 🧐 Things we find interesting ✨ What it means to become a grown-up Elizabeth Strout  is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of  Lucy by the Sea; Oh William! , which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize;  Olive, Again; Anything Is Possible,  winner of the Story Prize;  My Name Is Lucy Barton; The Burgess Boys; Olive Kitteridge,  winner of the Pulitzer Prize;  Abide with Me;  and  Amy and Isabelle,  winner of the  Los Angeles Times  Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the  Chicago Tribune  Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in London. She lives in Maine. Sign up for the Gays Reading Book Club  HERE SUBSTACK! MERCH! WATCH! CONTACT! hello@gaysreading.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jason Blitman

Guest: Elizabeth Strout

Topics covered

free will
growing up
literature
Pulitzer Prize
author interview

Keywords

Elizabeth Strout
The Things We Never Say
Pulitzer Prize
free will
growing up
literature
author interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Things We Never Say, Lucy by the Sea, Oh William!, Olive, Again, Anything Is Possible, My Name Is Lucy Barton, The Burgess Boys, Olive Kitteridge, Abide with Me, Amy and Isabelle