A Desperate Writer Steals 'The Plot'
The Book Review
The New York Times
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🗓️ 28 May 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to steal another writer's work? |
| 0:11.3 | Jean Hamph Corillette joins us to talk about her new novel, The Plot. |
| 0:17.5 | Have black apprisings been mischaracterized in this country as street riots? |
| 0:22.0 | Elizabeth Hinton will be here to discuss her new book, America on Fire. |
| 0:28.8 | Elizabeth Harris will be here with the latest in publishing news. |
| 0:32.1 | Plus, we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading. |
| 0:36.6 | This is the BookerView podcast for The New York Times. |
| 0:39.8 | It's May 28th. |
| 0:41.5 | I'm Pamela Paul. |
| 0:49.2 | Jean Hamph Corillette joins us now from New York. |
| 0:52.1 | Her latest book is called The Plot. |
| 0:54.2 | Jean, thanks for being here. |
| 0:55.8 | Thank you for inviting me. |
| 0:57.3 | Let's start with the premise of this book. |
| 0:59.2 | I want to say up front, there are a number of big twists plot twists in this book, and |
| 1:04.5 | we are not going to give away anything. |
| 1:07.9 | If you haven't read the book, please don't fear. |
| 1:10.6 | We will not ruin it for you. |
| 1:12.0 | Give us the premise. |
| 1:13.3 | The novel is about a writer who I think we can safely say has failed, is failing, is well |
| 1:19.6 | on his way to complete obscurity. |
| 1:23.0 | He is teaching in a pretty bottom of the barrel, MFA program, a low residency MFA program, |
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