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Podcast: The Shakespeare and Company Interview
Episode: Lynne Tillman on American History, Human Absurdity, and why Trump should have become a Comedian
Description: A woman speaks to us from her room in a residential home, of some description. She reflects on her life, her family, her pets, on timeāthe past, present and the futureāon Manson Family Alumnus Leslie Van Houyten, on History, on Death, on the Occult, on what it means to be āsensitiveāā¦and so much more besides. All the while she is distracted, bothered, grounded, and charmed by her fellow residents, a rag-tag slice of American life if ever a novel saw oner. As you can imagine from a Lynne Tillman bookāindeed, as you would hopeāthings get discursive...