Pocket Interview No. 7 - SOFIA SAMATAR
/In which we chat with Sofia Samatar about, among other things, jazz, identity, belonging, feeling lost in life and in stories, and how we might use language to build, and remember, home.
Read MoreStoryological is a podcast about stories. In particular, short stories. In particular, any sort of short story that amazes us. Sometimes we talk about stories in Clarkesworld. Sometimes in Granta. Sometimes we talk about comics. Very occasionally we talk about films. Every episode, writers E.G Cosh and Chris Kammerud discuss how stories work and why they matter and what it is about these particular stories that we love more than anything.
In which we chat with Sofia Samatar about, among other things, jazz, identity, belonging, feeling lost in life and in stories, and how we might use language to build, and remember, home.
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Along with, among other things, pity, compassion, and footnotes.
Read Morein which we discuss “The Killing Jar” by Laurie Penny and “The Closest Thing to Animals” by Sofia Samatar, along with, among other things, fantastical bureaucracies, robot hugs, and Ricky Gervais as a possible serial killer.
Read MoreStoryological is a podcast in love with stories. Every episode, writers E.G. Cosh and Chris Kammerud choose a pair of short stories and discuss something of how they work and why they matter and what they might teach us about life, the universe, and everything.
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