In the fifty-first episode of GREAT PODVERSATIONS, author, ANN PATCHETT discusses her book, Tom Lake, with KEVIN WILSON.

Ann Patchett is the author of several novels, works of nonfiction, and children’s books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the National Humanities Medal, PEN/Faulkner, the Women’s Prize in the U.K., and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel, The Dutch House, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Tom Lake is both hopeful and elegiac, exploring what it means to be happy, even when the world is falling apart. In Tom Lake, Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. TIME magazine named Patchett one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.

Kevin Wilson is the author of six books, most recently Nothing to See Here, a New York Times bestseller and a “Read with Jenna Book Club” selection, and Now is Not the Time to Panic. His fiction has appeared in many publications including Ploughshares, Southern Review, One Story, and A Public Space. Additionally, his writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2020 and 2021, as well as The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012. Wilson is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of the South.

Tom Lake  by Ann Patchett

Nothing to See Here: A Read with Jenna Pick by Kevin Wilson

Original air date: 3/15/24

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