Episode 534: Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is the author of eleven books, including\xa0The Soul of a New Machine\xa0and\xa0Mountains Beyond Mountains. His latest is\xa0Rough Sleepers.\n\u201cI do think it\u2019s an interesting challenge to try to write about virtue, with all that\u2019s always mixed with it. Some writers have said it\u2019s virtually impossible \u2026 but it\u2019s not impossible. \u2026 People who are really trying, struggling against the odds, I think they\u2019re worth writing about.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\ntracykidder.com\n\nKidder on Longform\n\nKidder\u2019s\xa0Atlantic\xa0archive\n\n01:00\xa0\u201c\u2018You Have to Learn to Listen\u2019: How a Doctor Cares for Boston\u2019s Homeless\u201d\xa0(The New York Times \u2022 Jan 2023)\n\n06:00\xa0\u201cThe Good Doctor\u201d\xa0(New Yorker \u2022 July 2000)\n\n06:00\xa0Mountains Beyond Mountains\xa0(Random House \u2022 2009)\n\n19:00\xa0Good Prose\xa0(Kidder and Richard Todd \u2022 Random House \u2022 2013)\n\n21:00\xa0House\xa0(Houghton Mifflin \u2022 1985)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices