Writers On Memory & the Human Condition: Siri Hustvedt, Ada Limón, Paul Lynch, T.C. Boyle…Share their Stories

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The episode features twelve writers discussing memory and the human condition through their stories.

We look to the arts to help us make sense of the world. Today on The Creative Process , we bring together twelve writers. We hear from Booker Prize winners, Paul Lynch, discussing "cosmic fiction", and Yann Martel on the necessity of magical thinking. We’re joined by Andre Dubus III and Megan Abbott, who share their thoughts on memory and family; while Siri Hustvedt, Etgar Keret and A.L. Kennedy explore the ordinary madness of grief. We listen to the novelists Katie Kitamura, Intan Paramaditha, and Liz Moore reflecting on displacement, trauma and the liminal state—and find a connection to the natural world with T.C. Boyle, and Ada Limón. (0:00) Andre Dubus III –(Bestselling Author of House of Sand and Fog) (0:55) Etgar Keret (Celebrated Author · Filmmaker) (5:08) (3:03) Paul Lynch (Booker Prize-winning Author of Prophet Song) (4:12) Megan Abbott (Bestselling Author of The Turnout) (5:53) Katie Kitamura (Author of Audition · Intimacies) (8:02) Liz Moore (Bestselling Author of Long Bright River) (9:10) A.L. Kennedy (Award-winning Author of Day · Alive in the Merciful Country) (10:14) Siri Hustvedt (Author of Ghost Stories · What I Loved) (13:10) Yann Martel (Booker Prize-Winning…

People in this episode

Host: Mia Funk

Guests: Siri Hustvedt, Ada Limón, Paul Lynch, T.C. Boyle, Andre Dubus III, Megan Abbott, Etgar Keret, A.L. Kennedy, Yann Martel, Katie Kitamura, Intan Paramaditha, Liz Moore

Topics covered

• memory
• human condition
• grief
• displacement
• trauma
• cosmic fiction
• magical thinking

Keywords

• writers
• memory
• human condition
• grief
• displacement
• trauma
• cosmic fiction
• magical thinking

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