{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65417b4842acb40012b41e60/6ae007656df23078114b2a27?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Season 4 Preview","description":"<p>Gary introduces the 10 novels, published in 2025 and 2026, that will be covered in Season Four of Writers Who Read. In order, they are:</p><ul><li>S4 #1: <em>Tilt</em> - Emma Pattee</li><li>S4 #2: <em>Angel Down</em> - Daniel Kraus</li><li>S4 #3: <em>The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) </em>- Rabih Alameddine</li><li>S4 #4: <em>What We Can Know</em> - Ian McEwan </li><li>S4 #5: <em>Transcription</em> - Ben Lerner</li><li>S4 #6: <em>Yesteryear</em> - Caro Claire Burke</li><li>S4 #7: <em>My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein</em> - Deborah Levy</li><li>S4 #8: <em>Hollywood, Ending</em> - John Green</li><li>S4 #9: <em>The Radiance</em> - Ayad Akhtar</li><li>S4 #10: <em>Partita</em> - Barbara Kingsolver</li></ul><p>Discussion slides for all novels discussed are available at <a href=\"https://WritersWhoRead.com/live\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WritersWhoRead.com</a>. You can learn more about <strong><em>Literary Forensics</em></strong> <a href=\"https://LiteraryForensics.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, and find the book at <a href=\"https://books2read.com/literaryforensics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bookstores everywhere</a>.</p><p>In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do this because we are writers who read with intent–we read to study content and form and to uncover techniques that we can apply to our own writing. We read like writers, turning our favorite authors into our writing teachers.</p><p>We do this through <em>Literary Forensics</em>, a set of tools that allow us to look beyond the surface of plot points, down into the tapestry of themes, contexts, and symbols that hold the very intentions of the author.</p><p>We uncover why they wrote this novel and how they did it.</p><p>If you&#39;d like to join our LIVE! meetings in person, find upcoming novel titles and event registration information <a href=\"https://writerswhoread.com/live/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and be sure to sign up for our monthly <a href=\"https://WritersWhoRead.com/signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter</a>.</p><p><em>Writers Who Read</em> has been meeting in Boulder, Colorado, since 2018, and we are affiliated with the <a href=\"https://bwa.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Boulder Writers Alliance</a>.</p>","author_name":"Gary Alan McBride"}