A.O. Scott on Criticism and Voice

A.O. Scott, critic at The New York Times Book Review joins us to talk about what he looks for in literature, why we read the things we do, his path to a career in journalism and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Middlemarch by George Eliot James by Percival Everett Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Studies in Classic American Literature by D.H. Lawrence Better Living Through Criticism by A.O. Scott The Magician by Colm Tóibín Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín Long Island by Colm Tóibín The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead Zone One by Colson Whitehead The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Hours by Michael Cunningham Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones