Ep. 226 A Literal Relationship with the Past with Ingrid Rojas Contreras
We're joined today by novelist and essayist Ingrid Rojas Contreras, whose new book The Man Who Could Move Clouds combines memoir with rich storytelling and an excavation of family and Colombian history. We discuss magical realism as a nonfiction genre, why it's useful to believe in ghosts, and ask the question, what responsibility do we owe to our pasts?
The Stacks Book Club selection for August isHow To Write An Autobiographical Novelby Alexander Chee.We will discuss the book on August 31st with Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
