'I have always been a meanderer. I have always loved digression.'
So says Richard Russo in part three of This Writing Life's conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist. We approach the subject of comic meandering, initially as a way to explore through narrative ideas of luck, fate and free will. We digress through a peroration about self-made men, including President Donald Trump, and Brexit towards a deeper consideration of digression in Russo's new novel, Everybody's Fool, and his work as a whole. (A small warning: the final four minutes of this interview contain a spoiler alert about the end of Everybody's Fool).
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From here we wander backwards towards:
Part 4 of 5 to follow.
Episode 30 - Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life - Part 3
Episode 29 - Hanya Yanagihara on Kids, Convention and the Queer Tradition
Episode 28 - Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life - Part 2
Episode 27 - Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life - Part 1
Episode 26 - Anna Smaill: Part 2
Episode 25 - Anna Smaill Part 1
Episode 24 - Hanya Yanagihara: The People in Trees - Part 3
Episode 23 - Hanya Yanagihara: The People in Trees - Part 2
Episode 22- Hanya Yanagihara: The People in Trees - Part 1
Episode 21 - Hanya Yanagihara 2014 on Book Groups
Episode 20 - Tom Drury Part 3
Episode 19 - Tom Drury on the Internet
Episode 18 - Tom Drury Part 2
Episode 17 - Tom Drury on Light
Episode 16 - Tom Drury Part 1
Episode 15 - Tom Drury on Music and Memory
Episode 14 - Amit Chaudhuri Part 2
Episode 13 - Amit Chaudhuri Part 1
Episode 12 - Brian Turner Part 4
Episode 11 - Brian Turner reads Ferris Wheel
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