John Plotz

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John Plotz

John Plotz

@plotznik

Victorianist, Le Guin lover, B-Sides editor at Public Books, co-host of Recall This Book and Novel Dialogue. Chicken owner.

Waltham Mass. Sumali Ağustos 2009
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“To the extent that we are willing to state the facts as we know them to be, we still live in the actual world.” New at PB, @plotznik considers Hannah Arendt’s “Lying in Politics: Reflections on the Pentagon Papers.”: buff.ly/j1rhwkF
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In a new episode of our partner podcast @NovelDialogue, ecocritic Elizabeth Caroyln Miller talks with author Kim Stanley Robinson about the impact of his influential climate novel “Ministry for the Future.” Hosted by @plotznik. buff.ly/sFotYSx
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Far-right nationalisms like Hindutva and Zionism were transnational projects from the outset. Tracing this fascist diaspora, Ajantha Subramanian, @LoriAllen72, and @plotznik suggest, helps clarify right-wing nationalism’s function. buff.ly/4dX8jGH
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@NovelDialogue Pretty sure this marks the only time the amazing and generous Sheila Heti has been asked about William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble"......
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Novel Dialogue@NovelDialogue·
In Season 6's final episode, Sheila Heti sits down with Sunny Yudkoff and ND host John Plotz to discuss her incredibly varied oeuvre and the implicit and explicit theology of her recent "Pure Color" Listen now! tinyurl.com/4rk8eu4t
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“It was all mixed up with his office, this space where my sad and serious dad did his sad and serious thinking: here’s where I’m going to figure it out, make good for our family.” Charles Yu on childhood and writing stories featuring immigrant families: buff.ly/3LXEHMg
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Novel Dialogue@NovelDialogue·
What is a literary interview, and why do people enjoy them? ND blog editor James Draney ponders these questions in our inaugural blog post! noveldialogue.org/2021/09/09/on-…
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Novel Dialogue@NovelDialogue·
Season 2 alert🙌Join us on Sept 16 for the novelist Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad and @IvanKreilkamp👇 This season, we will be powering up with episode-related blog posts. Please subscribe to our blog so you don't miss a thing! noveldialogue.org
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Loved the chance to speak with Piketty. His take on reparations and his comparisons between Bush and Trump were a couple of the biggest surprises... The Long Road to a New Ideology: Piketty on Trump, Democrats, and Inequality publicbooks.org/the-long-road-… via @publicbooks
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Has the Left made a terrible mistake by pinning its electoral hopes on college-educated voters? Delighted that @karpmj joined me and Adaner Usmani on the Recall This Book podcast to kick off our discussion of the (curse of the) Brahmin Left. recallthisbook.org
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National Humanities Center@NatlHumanities·
.@NovelDialogue is a literature-centered podcast featuring novelists and critics and co-hosted by NHC Fellows @plotznik (2001–02) and @AarthiVadde (2020–21). This episode features literary critic Michael Johnston (Fellow, 2020-21).
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Part of the Department of English's Novel Dialogue podcast, Saunders talks with literary critic Michael Johnston about experimentation in literature and how his background in the sciences and engineering shaped his fiction. noveldialogue.org/2021/04/22/1-8…

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