Virtual Memories Show #131: John Clute – Ever After “In Fantastika, the metaphor tends to move to the literal. In a naturalistic novel, the literal tends to move into a metaphor.” John Clute, winner of multiple Hugo Awards and World Fantasy Awards, joins the show to talk about the history of science fiction, its market-based…
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Virtual Memories Show #130: Elizabeth Samet – The Cult of Experience and the Tyranny of Relevance “How do you learn things? How do you acquire the patience to admit when you don’t know things? I think those are really important things for an Army officer to know.” Elizabeth D. Samet has been a professor of…
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Virtual Memories Show #129: Amanda Filipacchi – Donkey Skin “I love the notion of great beauty hidden in ugliness. Or vice versa.” Amanda Filipacchi joins this week’s show to talk about her latest novel, The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel (WW Norton), her solution to sexism in the publishing world, her misgivings about contributing to…
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Virtual Memories Show #128: Rhonda K. Garelick – Impecunious Nobles “Chanel was trying to gift herself to women, and give them something that would lend them an allure that would be useful.” Rhonda K. Garelick, author of Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History, joins the show to talk about Chanel’s impact on women’s fashion…
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