121. Jon Fosse's Slow Prose. My reaction to 2023 Nobel Prize

121. Jon Fosse's Slow Prose. My reaction to 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature Announcement

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The 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature is announced. Relive world literature's night of nights with this edited live reaction to the announcement. It covers all the predictions, the actual announcement, and an emotional introduction to why you might want to read the works of this year's winner. Whether you do not know who won, or do not know anything about who won, this podcast will offer you some insights, and even some inspiration. Follow my free and exclusive writing at jeffrich.substack.com and check all my work at theburningarchive.com. Read my latest article on the winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature, Patrick White, Australia’s aborted cultural decolonisation. Subscribe on Spotify for regular bonus content. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message

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