Teju Cole reveals why Anne Carson's fiction blurs poetry and prose, dissolving genres entirely.
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A precise, contemplative listen on Anne Carson's spare fiction and its quiet turn toward tenderness.
Teju Cole's visit to The New Yorker: Fiction turns Anne Carson's "One Equals One" into a quiet study in attention. With Deborah Treisman, he hears the story as something spare but resonant, a work that leaves space for the listener to complete its counterpoint.
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