• Joanna Pearson on Mary Gaitskill

  • Nov 18 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Joanna Pearson on Mary Gaitskill

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  • We welcome Joanna Pearson (author, most recently, of Bright and Tender Dark), who makes the case that we should put Mary Gaitskill's short stories in the "noir" category--or at least mark them as noir-adjacent. We discuss two specific Gaitskill stories, "The Other Place" and "The Girl on the Plane," as well as the particular darkness of the Gaitskill universe.

    We also talk with Joanna about readers' expectations for genre books, and what it's been like to have her own novel placed in various genre boxes. Plus: what's the right way to organize one's bookshelves?

    To learn more about Joanna, and her work, visit her website: https://www.joanna-pearson.com/

    If you like the podcast, and would like more of it in your life, subscribe to our Patreon ($5) to get two bonus episodes each month: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookFight

    Thanks for listening!
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