Liana Finck Reimagines the Story of Genesis

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Finck talks about “Let There Be Light,” and Jonathan Van Ness discusses “Love That Story.”

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I realized that I could reclaim my religion and culture by poking holes in it and make
0:12.8	it mine in that way.
0:15.1	The cartoonist and author Leonna Finke is here to talk about her new book Let There Be
0:18.7	Like, an adaptation of the book of Genesis starring a female god.
0:23.2	One of my earliest memories, which happened while getting bullied, I thought, ah, it's
0:28.4	someday I could make it so that someone else didn't have to go through this, then this
0:32.4	right now would be worth it.
0:34.9	Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye Fame will be here to talk about his new book Love That
0:38.9	Story.
0:39.9	Plus, my colleagues and I will talk about what we've been reading.
0:44.9	This is the Book Review Podcast.
0:46.4	It's April 22nd.
0:48.3	I'm John Williams.
0:53.7	Leonna Finke joins us now.
0:55.0	She is a cartoonist and author of his books include Passing for Human, A Graphic Memoir,
0:59.8	and Excuse Me, Cartoon's Complaints and Notes to Self.
1:03.9	She's a regular contributor to The New Yorker.
1:05.7	Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review as well.
1:08.2	And her new book is Let There Be Light, which is an adaptation of the Book of Genesis starring
1:12.7	a female god.
1:13.9	Hi, Leonna.
1:14.9	Thanks for being here.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The New York Times, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The New York Times and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.