How To Proceed

<p>Rachel Cusk talks to Kjersti Skomsvold about writing her memoirs and the Outline trilogy, and her upcoming novel Second place. She also talks about form and truth, change and repetition, the feminine personal and...

<p>In this episode, the Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat talks to our guest interviewer, writer and editor John Freeman, about mourning and death, about birds and migration, about literary ancestors - and Toni...

<p>Listen to Deborah Levy read, first an excerpt from her memoir The Cost of Living, and then an excerpt from Swimming Home.</p><br><p>Music by Kingocito and Sandra Kolstad. Artwork by Julius Vidarssønn Langhoff.</p><br...

<p>Our guest in this episode is the British writer Deborah Levy. She talks to Linn Ullmann about living and writing in lock-down, about intimacy and formality, the personal and political, and how “The “I” is always a...

Listen to the French writer Édouard Louis read a short excerpt from his latest book, Who Killed My Father?<br /><p > See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

<p>Our guest in this episode is the French writer Édouard Louis. He talks about writing for your enemies, Black Lives Matter, Toni Morrison and ghosts at the table. Read more in our show notes here.</p><br><p>Talking to...

<p>Listen to the German author Jenny Erpenbeck reading an excerpt from her novel End of Days (translated into English by Susan Bernofsky).</p><br><p>Music by Kingocito and Sandra Kolstad. Artwork by Julius Vidarssønn...

<p>Our guest in this episode is the German writer Jenny Erpenbeck. She talks about hope and despair, time and empathy, writing routines, refugees, and the importance of things. Read more in our show notes...

<p>Listen to the Canadian poet Moez Surani reading three poems: "Best Decisions of my Life So Far", "Lullaby for a Waning Empire" and "The Day We Lay in Bed Like John &amp; Yoko", all from his latest poetry collection...

<p>In this episode is the Canadian poet Moez Surani talks about the violence of language, about identity, and the distance between where we are and where we belong. And about happiness.</p><br><p>Talking to Surani is...

<p>The pandemic is a portal between one world and another, an opportunity to image another world, says the award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy.</p><br><p>In this episode, Roy talks about fathers, fascism, beauty...

<p>Listen to the American poet Mary Ruefle read three short texts, Self-Criticism, Personalia and grey sadness. All from her book My Private Property.</p><br><p> Music by Kingocito and Sandra Kolstad. Artwork by Julius...

<p>We have a globally out of control situation, says Mary Ruefle.</p><p>In this epsiode she talks about reading and writing, about clarity and fear, about menopause and the freedom of invisibility, and about being in...

<p>George Saunders reads an excerpt from his New Yorker essay “Trump Days” and another excerpt from his critically acclaimed novel Lincoln in the Bardo.</p><br><p> Music by Kingocito and Sandra Kolstad. Artwork by...

<p>Is literature a political force? Yes, says George Saunders.</p><p>In this episode, he talks about Trump, civility and the public discourse of our time. On Kindness and Meanness. On form and revision. Voice, memory...