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018 - Writing with a Message

Category: Arts
Duration: 01:00:32
Publish Date: 2015-04-21 00:00:28
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Should you “have something to say” in your book / short story / poem / screenplay? On today’s show Dan addresses talks about moralization in an artist’s work and how it might rob it of depth and authenticity. Also, Dan talks about Kazuo Ishiguro’s new book “The Buried Giant” and James Wood’s review in the New Yorker.

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Mentioned on the show

The Buried Giant by Kazuo ishiguro

Austerlitz by WG Sebald

Prism by Katty Perry

1000 Forms of Fear by Sia

James Wood’s review of The Buried Giant

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Dan’s Recommendation of the Month

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro http://amzn.to/1DQsdAb

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