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Episode: Superstar Poets and (Step)Fatherhood in Chile, with Alejandro Zambra
Description: Superstar Poets and (Step)Fatherhood in Chile, with Alejandro ZambraWhat is a Chilean Poet? According to Pru, one of the characters in Alejandro Zambra’s latest novel, ‘Being a Chilean poet is like being a Peruvian chef or a Brazilian soccer player or a Venezuelan model.’ That’s to say they are famous, respected and wealthy…or at least, some of them are. But what makes a Chilean poet? That’s a little harder to pin down, and in a way it’s this question that bugs not only the writer of this extraordinary and charming novel...