Kristen Roupenian and Eline Lund Fjren on Cats and Women

Published: May 3, 2019, 7 a.m.

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The American writer Kristen Roupenian caused a sensation when her debut short story \\xabCat Person\\xbb was published in The New Yorker in 2017. With #Metoo at its peak, the story\\u2019s treatment of bad sex made it The New Yorker\\u2019s most-read online fiction text of all time. Roupenian\\u2019s debut collection contains horror elements and a fine-meshed humor emerging when humans and power relations are exposed in a light that is far from flattering. Hear Roupenian in conversation with her Norwegian colleague Eline Lund Fj\\xe6ren. The conversation took place at the House of Literature April 3, 2019.

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Lithouse is a podcast from the House of Literature in Oslo, presenting adapted versions of lectures and conversations featuring international writers and thinkers. Music by Apothek.



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