Lauren Groff on THE VASTER WILDS

Published: Sept. 23, 2023, 10 a.m.

\u201cThis book is the most personal because it is what I feel about the world itself.\u201d

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff is a beautiful and propulsive survival story that brings new life to wilderness fiction. Groff joins us to talk about her extensive drafting process, her varied influences, getting language right in historical fiction and more live at Barnes & Noble Union Square with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.\u202f

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.\u202f

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Featured Books:\xa0

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff\xa0

Arcadia by Lauren Groff\xa0

Matrix by Lauren Groff\xa0

Middlemarch by George Eliot\xa0

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe\xa0

The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress\xa0by John Bunyan \xa0

The Road by Cormac McCarthy\xa0

Anagrams by Lorrie Moore\xa0\xa0

A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel \xa0