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Open Book

Maggie Nelson

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Octavia Bright talks to celebrated American author Maggie Nelson about Like Love, an anthology of her essays which explores art and friendship and criticism. Nature writer Nicola Chester introduces a new prize for climate fiction, which she is judging and she's joined by Jessie Greengrass whose novel, The High House, is set in a near-future England devastated by flooding. And a reading recommendation for June.

Presenter: Octavia Bright
Producer: Nicola Holloway

Book List - Sunday 26 May 2024

Like Love by Maggie Nelson
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
On Freedom by Maggie Nelson
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Weather by Jenny Offill,
Solar by Ian McEwan
Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam
The High House by Jessie Greengrass
One Of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon Show less

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