Read This: Michael Ondaatje Is Learning Everything Again
September 28, 2024
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Episode 1357 · September 28, 2024
Read This: Michael Ondaatje Is Learning Everything Again
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<p>Sri Lankan-born Canadian essayist, poet, and Booker Prize-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje recently released a stunning collection of poems. Ondaatje is now 80 years old and it’s almost half a century since he published his first novel; even longer since he first published poetry. On this episode of <em>Read This </em>he joins Michael for a conversation about <em>A Year of Last Things</em> and why writing remains such a joyful act of discovery.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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