Storyological 3.07 - WRESTLING WITH A HIPPO

In which we discuss "Vox Clamantis in Deserto” by Curtis Sittenfeld and “The Empty, The Empty, The Empty” by Jenny Zhang, along with, among other things, Yuja Wang, figuring out how to be a writer, and the really real insides of people.

In which we discuss,

1. “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” by Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It, Random House, 2018.

2. “The Empty, The Empty, The Empty” by Jenny Zhang, Diagram, Vol. 9.4, 2009. (read online)

along with, among other things…

Yuja Wang. Because we got to see her perform at the Barbican.
The essay David Foster Wallace wrote about Roger Federer.
Reading interviews with writers, and other sorts of artists, in the hopes of figuring out what it means to be an artist
Episode 1.18 in which we talked about one of Alan Bennet’s Talking Heads stories called “Bed Among the Lentils”.
Episode 3.01 in which we talked about that “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian.
Pocket Interview No. 8 in which we talked with Alyssa Wong.
Ulysses by James Joyce
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The stories of George Saunders. We talked about one of those in that episode where we talked about that one Alan Bennet’s story.
The films of John Hughes. Chris was probably thinking about the films of John Hughes because he wrote this review of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
The difference between the right word and the wrong word.

Also. Also.

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