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Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

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Open Book: Maggie Nelson

Maggie Nelson

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Maggie Nelson

Octavia Bright talks to Maggie Nelson about Like Love.

Octavia Bright talks to Maggie Nelson about Like Love, a collection of essays which explore ideas of art, love, friendship and criticism.

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

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