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Podcast: Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
Episode: Crafting with Ursula : Lidia Yuknavitch on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
Description: Todayâs conversation is about one of Ursula K. Le Guinâs most iconic and influential essays: The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, an essay that deserves an entire episode to itself. And who better to discuss it than Lidia Yuknavitch, whose latest novel Thrust follows a character who herself is a âcarrier.â Because this essay has influenced not only an incredible number of writers but anthropologists, visual artists, filmmakers, performance artists, scholars, and musicians as well, we weave in the voices of others, across disciplines, as we talk about and unpack this work of Le Guinâs. The Carrier Bag...