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Jennifer Egan Writes to Experience a Life Outside Her Own

Jennifer Egan Writes to Experience a Life Outside Her Own

Update: 2023-03-23
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A compelling novel can transport us into worlds unknown. Novelist Jennifer Egan has mastered this inventiveness of fiction with her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "A Visit from the Goon Squad," and in her newest book,"The Candy House." In this episode, Egan breaks down her writing process behind "Lulu the Spy, 2032," a chapter from "The Candy House." She pulls from life experiences to deftly forge playful and imaginative stories that bend the formal limits of the novel. Ultimately, she reminds us why writing still matters, maybe more than ever before.

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Jennifer Egan Writes to Experience a Life Outside Her Own

Jennifer Egan Writes to Experience a Life Outside Her Own

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