Clarity, Honesty, Fluff - a podcast by The TLS

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Benjamin Markovits, the novelist, critic and teacher of creative writing, to discuss 100 American essays spanning 300-odd years (‘have we got any better at it?’); the sinologist Rana Mitter discusses the supremely difficult, and controversial, job of adapting the Chinese script for the modern age; plus, ‘Edelweiss’, a poignant new poem by Fiona Benson

‘The Glorious American Essay: One hundred essays from colonial times to the present’, edited by Phillip Lopate

‘Kingdom of Characters: A tale of language, obsession, and genius in modern China’ by Jing Tsu

Produced by Sophia Franklin

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