{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"#8: High Art and Low Chairs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61004fe4a4d9fae972ef6d30/61005032d9f77c0012135973.png?height=200","description":"Take a crash course in Indie Publishing 101 with the founders of Restless Books; hear Scholar senior editor Bruce Falconer explain how John le Carré burned the bridge between genre and literary fiction; and learn from Witold Rybczynski how an iconic modern chair was inspired by an ant.\n\n
\n\nMentioned in this episode:\n\n• Bruce Falconer’s review of The Pigeon Tunnel\n• Our list of 13 “Spooktacular” Books and Michael Dirda’s attempt to out-scare us with a list of his own\n• An excerpt from How to Travel Without Seeing by Andrés Neuman, published by Restless Books, which offers a glimpse inside the surreal operations of Venezuela’s book industry\n• An NPR segment on Witold Rybczynski’s new book about chairs, Now I Sit Me Down, including illustrations of the medieval backstool\n\n
\n\nTune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.\n\nSubscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • Acast\n\nHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org.","author_name":"The American Scholar"}