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Podcast: Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
Episode: Justin Torres : We The Animals
Description: Host David Naimon interviews debut novelist Justin Torres. His book,Ā We the Animals, has been heralded for its beautiful, concentrated prose. NPR likened it to a diamond, brilliant and brilliantly compressed.Ā EsquireĀ called it a āknock to the head that will leave your mouth agape.āĀ Justin Torres is a graduate of the Iowa Writersā Workshop, with work in the New Yorker, Harperās, Granta, Tin House, and Glimmer Train.Ā Currently, he serves as the Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford University.