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Radio 4,26 May 2024,28 mins

Maggie Nelson

Open Book

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Octavia Bright talks to celebrated American author Maggie Nelson about Like Love, an anthology of her essays which explores art and friendship and criticism. Nature writer Nicola Chester introduces a new prize for climate fiction, which she is judging and she's joined by Jessie Greengrass whose novel, The High House, is set in a near-future England devastated by flooding. And a reading recommendation for June. Presenter: Octavia Bright Producer: Nicola Holloway Book List - Sunday 26 May 2024 Like Love by Maggie Nelson Bluets by Maggie Nelson On Freedom by Maggie Nelson The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Weather by Jenny Offill, Solar by Ian McEwan Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam The High House by Jessie Greengrass One Of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon

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