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It is also time for

@PrismaticReader

to take a bow for her incredible episode trailers and web design savvy. Claire Ogden is an audio editing genius. Hannah Jorgensen is our terrific transcript editor and Erik Larsson is our beat generator. Huge thanks for listening!

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What an exhilarating journey this first Season was

@AarthiVadde and @plotznik sit down to go through the laughs and aches, sparks and shadows of the Season

Our warmest thanks to all listeners and please stay tuned for Season Two! noveldialogue.org/2021/04/29/1-9

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If you haven’t listened to

, now is your chance to catch up with the first season!

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What an exhilarating journey this first Season was

@AarthiVadde and @plotznik sit down to go through the laughs and aches, sparks and shadows of the Season

Our warmest thanks to all listeners and please stay tuned for Season Two! noveldialogue.org/2021/04/29/1-9

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Recall This Book Podcast

@RecallThisBook

Apr 22, 2021

A sneak peak/hear on the new crossover👀👂

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Apr 13, 2021

Ever wish you could rewrite your history? Tune in on Apr 15 for the long-acclaimed Australian writer Helen Garner and Elizabeth McMahon @UNSW on how to do this with the persistent, serene, and irreverent feminist strokes

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Characteristic humility from George Saunders in telling the story behind Lincoln in the Bardo. But the research was voluminous and the revision process intense. Michael and I were very lucky to be in a zoom room with him.

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The short stories master #GeorgeSaunders' take on novels: "short stories are like custom yurts. What if I put a bunch of them together?" On Apr 22, join @AarthiVadde and Michael Johnston @PurdueLibArts, and #GeorgeSaunders at Novel Dialogue

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, please circulate this CFP for the 5th annual Brandeis Novel Symposium (ndeisnovelsymposium2021.wordpress.com), centered on Graham Greene's 1955 novel *The Quiet American*. *Novel* readers who work in c.20, please see attached and link. Thank you!

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We're live! Novelist James Robertson, Penny Fielding at U of Edinburgh, and

@plotznik

on witnessing the Scottish history of slavery--and some Scottish treats👇 Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-5 Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Pyl8T Stitcher stitcher.com/show/novel-dia

1.5 Getting Into Other Worlds: James Robertson with Penny Fielding (JP)

James Robertson, brilliant author of The Testament of Gideon Mack, and University of Edinburgh’s top prof. Penny Fielding beam in from their respective corners of Scotland. Extensive referenc…

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Loved this discussion between Teju Cole and Kelly Rich about the gap between fiction and memoir, the gender and racial bias in judgements of artistic greatness, & how to approach writing novels when you're conflicted about 'The Novel'.

1.1 Do Great Novels Set the Standard or Challenge it? Kelly Rich and Teju Cole (AV)

Novel Dialogue kicks off with the writer and photographer Teju Cole and literary critic Kelly Rich of Harvard University talking about “saying yes to the text” as the first rule of good litera…

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We're live🎧👉🏼1.4 Feral Fiction with

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1.4 Feral Fiction: Catherine Lacey and Martin Puchner (JP)

Novel Dialogue sends Martin Puchner (polymathic author of The Written World and most recently The Language of Thieves) out to speak with Pew author Catherine Lacey. They go a-wandering. Lacey’…

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In this week's episode of

, I talked with Madhuri Vijay and

@uanjaria

about how to make characters feel like people and when metaphors fall short (hint: it’s around motherhood). The convo also brought to life some great scholarship on 21C South Asian writing. 1/4

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1.3 Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Madhuri Vijay talks to Ulka Anjaria (AV)

1.3 Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Madhuri Vijay talks to Ulka Anjaria (AV)

Ulka Anjaria and Madhuri Vijay sit down to talk about Madhuri’s prize-winning first novel The Far Field. They discuss what it’s like to write intimately about a place – Kashmir – that many people e…

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A BONUS will follow tomorrow😀Stay tuned for Orhan Pamuk's reading and a commentary of the novel Snow! In the mean time👇 Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3UGdBs Apple Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-2 Stitcher stitcher.com/show/novel-dia Novel Dialogue website

1.2 That Demonic Novelistic Impulse: Orhan Pamuk with Bruce Robbins (JP)

In Episode Two of Novel Dialogue, critic and scholar Bruce Robbins sits down with Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. They have taught classes on the political novel together at Columbia for…

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In today's episode of Novel Dialogue, critic and scholar Bruce Robbins sits down with Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. duke.is/QFrdMh

Duke University and 3 others

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Curious to hear thoughts!

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Ika Willis

@doessheeek

Mar 8, 2021

What is a nonfiction novel? Just saw someone who is not an undergraduate use the phrase and now I think it must be a thing. Is it like autofiction? @EmmettStinson @GuyDavidson12 @MelindaHarvey @NovelDialogue

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In this episode, Kelly and Teju speak brilliantly about "saying yes to the text," the unfinished project of decolonization, and getting real with your editor about race. Wine pairing:

@LilyLSaint

's fantastic essay "From a Distance" on Open City in

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Mar 3, 2021

"I believe that a great novel has contributed to destroying the novel." Look out for our first episode with #KellyRich and Teju Cole @tejucole on "great" novels

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Be sure to follow

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Aarthi Vadde

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Mar 3, 2021

ND is now live wherever you get your podcasts! Get ready to hear from @tejucole, @BruceRobbins6, @uanjaria, @martin_puchner, @_catherinelacey, @gerrycanavan, @KameronHurley, and more wonderful critics and novelists in season 1. Plus, @plotznik and I are along for the ride! twitter.com/NovelDialogue/…

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ND is now live wherever you get your podcasts! Get ready to hear from

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, and more wonderful critics and novelists in season 1. Plus,

@plotznik

and I are along for the ride!

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Here is the illustrious line-up for our first season

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1.1 Do Great Novels Set the Standard or Challenge it? Kelly Rich and Teju Cole (Coming soon….)

1.1 Do Great Novels Set the Standard or Challenge it? Kelly Rich and Teju Cole (AV)

Novel Dialogue kicks off with the writer and photographer Teju Cole and literary critic Kelly Rich of Harvard University talking about “saying yes to the text” as the first rule of good litera…

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Yes,

and I are hosting a podcast sponsored by Society of Novel Studies and partnered with

!! Please follow

for trailers and info on future episodes. We're super excited to bring you Teju Cole and Kelly Rich...episode drops Mar. 4!

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Dan Sinykin

@dan_sinykin

Mar 1, 2021

OMG. OMG. This sounds AMAZING. And the first episode features @tejucole in conversation with @AarthiVadde & Kelly Rich??

twitter.com/NovelDialogue/…

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1.0 Introducing a New Podcast: Novel Dialogue with Aarthi Vadde and John Plotz

1.0 Introducing a New Podcast: Novel Dialogue with Aarthi Vadde and John Plotz

Novel Dialogue : where unlikely conversation partners come together to discuss the making of novels and what to make of them. Join Aarthi Vadde, a scholar of contemporary literature and Victorianis…

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Dec 18, 2020

Alison Glassie's article from our latest issue, Ruth Ozeki's Floating World: A Tale for the Time Being's Spiritual Oceanography, theorizes marine science as a mode of witnessing and reading: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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Dec 15, 2020

Joel Evans's article from our latest issue, The Mob: J. G. Ballard's Turn to the Collective, explores the relationship between neoliberalism and the collective: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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Dec 14, 2020

Benjamin R. Davies examines how J.M. Coetzee experiments with the novel form in his essay Growing Up Against Allegory: The Late Works of J. M. Coetzee: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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Dec 11, 2020

From our latest issue, read Benjamin Lewis Robinson's article Fiction Cares: J. M. Coetzee's Slow Man: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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Dec 7, 2020

Kate Wilkinson considers why material letters still matter to the novel form in her article Letters and the Contemporary Novel: Materiality and Metaphor in Ian McEwan's The Children Act read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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Dec 3, 2020

Maria Christou considers the implications of Kazuo Ishiguro's Nonactors in our latest issue: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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Dec 2, 2020

Read Janina Levin's Temporality and the Unconfident Heroine in Henry James's The Golden Bowl from our latest issue: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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Dec 1, 2020

From our newest issue, read Abby Scribner's Liberalism and Inner Life: The Curious Cases of Mansfield Park and Villette: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-

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So very pleased to say that my article "Kazuo Ishiguro's Nonactors" is out with

. Thanks to

@TBewes

and co-contributors for what I honestly think is an excellent issue

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Duke University Press

@DukePress

Nov 12, 2020

In "The Anagonist," a new @novelforum issue edited by @TBewes, contributors propose a new type of hero: the anagonist, who generally does not act, or if they do, the action is inconsequential to the work. Pick up a copy for only $7.50 with code FALL2020! ow.ly/djYo50CiEVf

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Delighted to announce this new issue of Novel, with brilliant essays by

@abbyscribs

,

@janina_levin

, Maria Christou, Kate Wilkinson,

@AlisonGlassie

,

@_Joel_Evans_

and others. Only $7.50!

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Duke University Press

@DukePress

Nov 12, 2020

In "The Anagonist," a new @novelforum issue edited by @TBewes, contributors propose a new type of hero: the anagonist, who generally does not act, or if they do, the action is inconsequential to the work. Pick up a copy for only $7.50 with code FALL2020! ow.ly/djYo50CiEVf

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In our newest issue, contributors propose a new type of novelistic hero: the anagonist, who generally does not act, or if they do, the action is inconsequential to the work. You can currently read the introduction by editor

@TBewes

for free: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/issue/53

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