Ep. 246 - Sheila Heti And Rachel Cusk On Why Memoir Is A Dead End

Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 8:39 a.m.

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Guest Host Sheila Heti (Motherhood, How Should a Person Be?) speaks with fellow "autofiction" author Rachel Cusk (A Life\'s Work, Aftermath, et al). The Giller-nominated writers discuss\\xa0receiving harsh criticism, why memoir is a dead end, and how Cusk is reimagining the novel, and making art and meaning out of mid-life crisis and divorce with her critically-acclaimed trilogy (dubbed a "literary experiment").

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