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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Dirt Bag Novels: Lydia Kiesling in Conversation with Megan Ward (CH)
Description: What does it mean for a novel to think globally? And can a global novel concerned with the macro movements of capital and labor still exist in the form of a bildungsroman? This conversation between Lydia Kiesling and Megan Ward takes up questions of form and political consciousness in the novel, globality and rootedness, capitalism and the yearning for things, optimization and wellness culture, and so much more. Lydia Kieslingâs first novel, The Golden State, was a 2018 National Book Foundation â5 under 35â honoree. Her second novel, Mobility, is the first book in a new imprint with Crooked Media. Lydia and Megan discu...