Episode · How I Write · 2024-10-09
Books mentioned on Meet Pulitzer-Winning Stanford Professor (Richard Powers Interview)
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows several Americans whose lives connect through trees and their deep relationship with the natural world.
Discussed“when I read that what I was thinking about was I was just thinking of the over story and I was thinking of the infinite number of things that nature will reveal to you”
Where to get it
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an actor Prepares
Discussed“and how how to uh an actor prepares is one of one of his works and you know how how to inhabit a role of someone on stage who isn't you”
Where to get it
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville is a classic American novel detailing Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for revenge against the giant white sperm whale.
Discussed“you got to go back to mobi dick where you got to go back to the frontier”
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White Noise
White Noise by Don DeLillo is a celebrated postmodern masterpiece that examines consumer culture, academic life, and airborne toxic events through sharply stylized dialogue.
Discussed“and you could look at a book like white noise and you could look at the dialogue in that book which is crazy you know”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Playground
“well I'm very close to the to the people in playground still”
Own book The Overstory
“and then as I got deeper into into over story it was oh this guy you know it's not a red oak”