Book · 1980 · American fiction
Housekeeping
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But I'm very happy to recommend all of her books and of course her famous novels to you housekeeping I think being my favorite.
Tyler Cowen · Conversations with Tyler · Mar 2024 Listen at 48:16 The best things said about it
And then uh I don't know uh last last year I read I read this book housekeeping by um by Marilyn Robinson and and uh it had this sort of numinous uh quality that um I think a lot of her writing does.
One of my favorite words from my fave rave writer teacher friend Marilyn Robinson that's in her first novel housekeeping is co-extensivity I just thought what if I just don't think of there being any difference between the interior or the exterior.
I love Marilyn Robinson's housekeeping and William fauler absam absam.
Um Gilead I think is very much this way it's very much uh a constant reminder to see what is around you that you'll write about something like laundry as you do in your book housekeeping and say something you know about this line of laundry.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Mar 2024 Where and when it comes up
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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson is a celebrated debut novel that explores themes of grief, transience, and the profound, haunting isolation experienced by two orphaned sisters raised by eccentric relatives in a remote Idaho town. Tyler Cowen recommended the novel on Conversations with Tyler, declaring it his personal favorite among Robinson's acclaimed literary works. Joseph Carlsmith also praised the book on the Dwarkesh Podcast, describing its unique, numinous atmosphere and the distinct quality that defines much of the author's prose. Paul Harding referenced the novel on How I Write while discussing the concept of co-extensivity and the deliberate blurring of interior and exterior emotional landscapes in creative writing. Daniel Torday highlighted the book on The Book Review as a powerful exploration of trauma and its enduring ripples through generations. Additionally, Ezra Klein discussed the novel on The Ezra Klein Show with Marilynne Robinson herself, pointing to moments like the detailed depiction of everyday chores to illustrate how her writing captures profound beauty and deep philosophical truths within ordinary domestic scenes.
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Joseph Carlsmith and then uh I don't know uh last last year I read I read this book housekeeping by um by Marilyn Robinson a… 1
“and then uh I don't know uh last last year I read I read this book housekeeping by um by Marilyn Robinson and and uh it had this sort of numinous uh quality that um I think a lot of her writing does”
Tyler Cowen but I'm very happy to recommend all of her books and of course her famous novels to you housekeeping I thin… 1
“but I'm very happy to recommend all of her books and of course her famous novels to you housekeeping I think being my favorite”
Daniel Torday I love Marilyn Robinson's housekeeping and William fauler absam absam 1
“I love Marilyn Robinson's housekeeping and William fauler absam absam”
Ezra Klein um Gilead I think is very much this way it's very much uh a constant reminder to see what is around you tha… 1
“um Gilead I think is very much this way it's very much uh a constant reminder to see what is around you that you'll write about something like laundry as you do in your book housekeeping and say something you know about this line of laundry”
Paul Harding one of my favorite words from my fave rave writer teacher friend Marilyn Robinson that's in her first novel… 1
“one of my favorite words from my fave rave writer teacher friend Marilyn Robinson that's in her first novel housekeeping is co-extensivity I just thought what if I just don't think of there being any difference between the interior or the exterior”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“well my first book is actually the novel housekeeping nuclear pollution came after I'm sorry okay it was my second book”
“but she has all these other beautiful books housekeeping lla Jack many many more”