Bryan Washington, Natalie Haynes, Trauma in fiction with Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies
Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his highly anticipated debut novel, Memorial. Plus Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies discuss writing about trauma in different forms.
Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his highly anticipated novel, Memorial, already set to be one of the debuts of 2021. Having already garnered praise for his short story collection Lot, including from Barack Obama, here Washington talks about writing two men's growing relationship in modern day Houston.
Broadcaster, classicist and most recently writer of Pandora's Jar, Natalie Haynes chooses a Book I'd Never Lend.
Plus A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself by Peter Ho Davies and Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson are two new books which explore different traumas using different forms. They discuss why using experimental narratives, fractured texts and blurred definitions of genre are often the best ways to tackle difficult topics.
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