Marilynne Robinson

award-winning novelist

Guest

2014 National Book Critics Circle Award-winner for Fiction (Lila), 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist for Gilead and 2008 National Book Award finalist for Home

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Close friend of Michael Silverblatt’s and Bookworm editor for 30 years, Alan Howard guest hosts this episode on grief and loss.

Chapter 9: Grief and Loss

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Prolific author Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, co-founder of 826 National, and other significant projects, first met Micheal Silverblatt in 2000, upon the publication of his…

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