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Film, Video The Virtues of Brevity: National Book Festival 2020

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Title

  • The Virtues of Brevity: National Book Festival 2020

Summary

  • Susan Minot, "Why I Don't Write: And Other Stories" (Knopf), shares experiences with Karen Russell, "Orange World and Other Stories" (Knopf). Two masters of the short story talk about their craft, the ways they work and the enchantments of the briefer form. Minot is the award-winning author of many novels and collections, including "Monkeys," "Lust" and "Thirty Girls." Russell, author of "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" and "Swamplandia!," has a comedic genius for outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner lives. Moderated by Oscar Villalon, managing editor of the literary journal ZYZZYVA and a contributing editor of Literary Hub.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-09-26.

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2020 National Book Festival: Poetry & Prose. 10
  • -  Susan Minot, Karen Russell.
  • -  Recorded on 2020-09-26.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697116

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. The Virtues of Brevity: National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-26, 2020. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697116/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2020) The Virtues of Brevity: National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-26. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697116/.

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Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. The Virtues of Brevity: National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-26, 2020. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697116/>.