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Bonus Short: On Richard Powers' The Overstory and Stephen Markley's The Deluge

Bonus Short: On Richard Powers' The Overstory and Stephen Markley's The Deluge

Update: 2024-07-16
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In this Bonus Short, Kevin shares his thoughts on Powers' The Overstory and then adds some brief comments on Markley's The Deluge. Kevin considers how these books merge popular fiction and literary fiction, their attempts to merge message with story and much more.

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Bonus Short: On Richard Powers' The Overstory and Stephen Markley's The Deluge

Bonus Short: On Richard Powers' The Overstory and Stephen Markley's The Deluge

Scott Talmage, Joe Hecker, Kevin McCarthy, and Wes Allen