{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6596d7f0482b2e001787188a/65fdc22d3402060016d67f5f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vinson Cunningham","description":"<p>Jordan talks with Vinson Cunningham (<a href=\"bookshop.org/a/55729/9780593448236 \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Great Expectations</em></a>) about finding himself in the midst of history, discovering ways to hang onto moments, and why he turned to his real life for his debut novel.</p><p><br></p><p>MENTIONED: </p><ul><li><a href=\"bookshop.org/a/55729/9781250191250\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Vanity Fair Diaries</em></a> by Tina Brown</li><li><a href=\"bookshop.org/a/55729/9780593731109\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Answered Prayers</em></a> by Truman Capote</li><li><a href=\"https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/how-auto-is-autofiction.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"How Auto is Auto-fiction\"</a> by Christian Lorentzen</li><li>\"American Boy\" by <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic5vxw3eijY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Estelle</a></li><li><a href=\"bookshop.org/a/55729/0143111061\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Idiot</em></a> by Elif Batuman</li><li><a href=\"bookshop.org/a/55729/9780679760009\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Shadow and Act</em></a> by Ralph Ellison</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Vinson Cunningham </strong>is a staff writer and a theatre critic at <em>The New Yorker</em>. His essays, reviews, and profiles have appeared in <em>The New York Times Magazine</em>, <em>The New York Times Book Review</em>, <em>The Fader</em>, <em>Vulture</em>, <em>The Awl,</em> and <em>McSweeney’s</em>. A former staffer on Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign and in his White House, Cunningham has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, the Yale School of Art, and Columbia University’s School of the Arts. He lives in New York City.</p>","author_name":"Jordan Kisner"}