Benjamin Moser joins Georgina Godwin to talk about his journey from growing up in Texas and writing his first book, ‘Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector’, to winning a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Susan Sontag, titled ‘Sontag: Her Life and Work’. Moser also reflects on culture, class, writing and hints at his next project, a political history of Jews who oppose Zionism.

Francis Spufford on faith, fantasy and the craft of fiction
31:25

Luka Ivan Jukic on the enduring significance of Central Europe
30:53

Karen Dobres and pitch politics
38:48