Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: "The Sun" Magazine: A Chat with Derek Askey
Description: Derek Askey is an associate editor on staff at The Sun magazine, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.What qualifies as a Sun essay? As noted by my guest, odds are that means an essay thatâs intimate, even raw, with an author who dares to leave a lot of themselves on the page. In Derek Askeyâ case, heâs often drawn to an essay with a mix of moods and writing that âlooks you in the eye.â Of the three essays discussed, âLawn Skeletonsâ by Tom McAllister might seem the most whimsical. How much can you learn from your ne...