Season 3, episode 25: cloud cuckoo land
“I might be creating because I just want to sing the blessings of all these things I see around me.”
— Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the Light We Cannot See, the National Book Award-shortlisted Cloud Cuckoo Land, plus two short story collections, another novel, and a memoir. His list of awards and accomplishments is as long as your arm.
He was also Laura’s first creative writing instructor in college 22 years ago. They caught up in an inspiring and wide-ranging conversation about everything from medieval history to technology to parenting to why fiction matters.
Show notes:
Find out about all his books (The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome, Memory Wall, All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land) on Tony’s website
See Tony on President Obama’s very selective 2021 reading list
Prior episodes mentioned today: One month later; Productivity Unhacked.
Check out kindred-spirit podcast Wild Precious Life
Author Victor Lavalle’s website
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