On this episode, David James Poissant interviews fiction writer Lydia Millet about geography, birds, earnestness, the characterization of children, the structure of novels, and other matters of interest.

Episode 569 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).

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Episode 569 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).