Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Jennifer Egan On: Panic, Awe, Fetishizing Authenticity, and Our Possible AI Futures

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<p><em>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</em></p> <p>---</p> <p>Jennifer Egan is not only a novelist, she's also written short stories and award-winning magazine journalism. She's one of those writers who can both spin a fascinating yarn and load it up with insights into everything from human nature to the future of technology, all while pulling off bewitching turns of phrase; what the writer Jonathan Franzen has called "micro felicities." </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Egan is as funny, fascinating, and open IRL as she is on the page although it's not clear <em>she</em> feels that way given she talks about how much smarter she feels in writing than in speaking!</p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>In this episode we talk about:</strong></p> <p><br /></p> <ul> <li>Egan's writing process </li> <li>The power of writing by hand </li> <li>The shocking, relentless, ruthless discipline that she imposes on herself to never do the same thing twice as she's writing</li> <li>Curiosity, awe, and panic attacks</li> <li>How she handles feedback</li> <li>Her feelings of insubstantiality </li> <li>Our cultures fetishization of authenticity</li> <li>The impact of success on her work</li> <li>AI and our possible technological futures</li> </ul> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Full Shownotes:</strong> <a href= "https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/jennifer-egan" rel= "noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank">https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/jennifer-egan</a></p>