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Kathy O'Shaughnessy, George Eliot, Literary Magazines and Jason Reynolds

Kathy O'Shaughnessy on her new novel about life of George Eliot. Three editors discuss the importance of literary magazines today. And Jason Reynolds picks his Book I'd Never Lend.

Kathy O'Shaughnessy talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel charting the scandalous life and groundbreaking work of George Eliot - pen name of Mary Ann Evans who was born two hundred years ago this month.

On the 35th anniversary of Wasafiri, a journal of international contemporary, we are joined by outgoing editor Susheila Nasta to discuss the ongoing importance of literary magazines, together with Francesca Wade from the White Review and Ed Needham of Strong Words.

And for his Book I'd Never Lend, author Jason Reynolds choses a poetry collection by icon of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes.

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28 minutes

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  • Sun 10 Nov 2019 16:00
  • Thu 14 Nov 2019 15:30

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