Discussing the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalists with John Wilson
The Goldberry Books Podcast
English - May 22, 2019 17:25 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture literature reading history literary poetry poets books book design authors Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, longtime book critic and former editor of Books and Culture, John Wilson, joins the show to discuss the three finalists for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize: Richard Powers' The Overstory, Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers, and Tommy Orange's There There. They discuss what makes each book appealing, some of their flaws, and what these choices say about the contemporary literature world at-large.
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