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Radio 4,18 Feb 2024,28 mins

Sheila Heti

Open Book

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Sheila Heti on her new experimental book, Alphabetical Diaries – made up of sentences taken from 10 years of her journals, re-ordered from A to Z. Plus new literature reflecting the negative impact of the housing crisis and the built environment in which we live. Chris talks to Holly Pester about her book, Lodgers, and to Keiran Goddard about his new work, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning. Presenter: Chris Power Producer: Emma Wallace Book List – Sunday 18 February and Thursday 22 February Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti Motherhood by Sheila Heti The Lodgers by Holly Pester I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Keiran Goddard

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