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Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world

Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world

Update: 2022-07-21
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Jennifer Egan is a journalist and writer whose novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad” won both the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Using a unique format—including a whole chapter told through Powerpoint—Egan nimbly explores the mystery and complexity of human life in the digital age. Her newest book, “The Candy House,” poses similar questions around technology, memory, and authenticity. In this episode, the author talks candidly about her creative process, considers the role of the novelist in an increasingly tech-driven world, and makes an argument for why the long-lasting art of fiction has the power to shift and even alter our consciousness.

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Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world

Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world