Elif Batuman on EITHER/OR

Published: June 8, 2023, 10 a.m.

Either/Or, Elif Batuman\u2019s sequel to Pulitzer Prize finalist The Idiot, is the humorous and relatable ongoing story of a Turkish American surviving college in the 90s. Batuman joins us to talk about her approach to writing fiction, how her own life influences her work, analyzing literature and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.\xa0

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books (Episode):

The Idiot\xa0by Elif Batuman\xa0

Either/Or by Elif Batuman\xa0

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy\xa0\xa0

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin\xa0

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert\xa0

The Possessed by Elif Batuman\xa0

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust\xa0