Episode 71: Flight Behavior | The Overstory

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Recorded05 Jul 2020

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On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, discuss Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver [3:55] and The Overstory by Richard Powers [31:45]. This fine essay "Our Root Problem: The Overstory by Richard Powers" by Jason Childs, mentioned during the discussion, is also well worth a read. If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:19:25 for brief final remarks. Next month, the two books up on the slab will be: Hold by Kirsten Tranter Weather by Jenny Offill Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!

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