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Elif Batuman Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner

2022-09-01 · 64 min · episode 185 · 5 entities

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  • → references The Idiot book
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    : Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” and two novels, “The Idiot” and “Either/Or,” which was published earlier this year. She has been a staff w
  • → discusses Arts concept
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    Feed category: Arts
  • → discusses Books concept
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Books

Entities found in this episode

concepts 3

  • mentioned Arts concept
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Arts
  • discusses Arts concept
    0.40 · ×3
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Arts
  • discusses Books concept
    0.40 · ×3
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Books

books 2

  • mentioned The Idiot book
    0.79 · ×3
    evidence rules-v5
    : Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” and two novels, “The Idiot” and “Either/Or,” which was published earlier this year. She has been a staff w
  • references The Idiot book
    0.67 · ×3
    evidence rules-v5
    : Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” and two novels, “The Idiot” and “Either/Or,” which was published earlier this year. She has been a staff w
Episode description as stored
Elif Batuman joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Truth and Fiction,” by Sylvia Townsend Warner, which was published in The New Yorker in 1961. Batuman is the author of one book of nonfiction, “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” and two novels, “The Idiot” and “Either/Or,” which was published earlier this year. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices