Juliet Lapidos's guest appearances

Juliet Lapidos

LA Review of Books

LARB Radio Hour

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Aspen Public Radio Past Productions

WRBH Reading Radio Original Programming Podcasts

Culturally Determined

Laila Lalami

Leslie Jamison

Gary Shteyngart

Carmen Maria Machado

Ben Marcus

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Rebecca Makkai

Joan Silber

Garth Greenwell

Katie Kitamura

Lydia Millet

James Hannaham

Marcy Dermansky

Jim Shepard

Valeria Luiselli

OwlTail

Tom Lutz

Juliet Lapidos is a writer and editor. She is currently a senior editor at The Atlantic, and previously worked for the LA Times, NYT and Slate. Host Tom Lutz joins Juliet to discuss Talent, her new novel about a 29 year old English grad student who can’t finish her dissertation, spending her days eating pop tarts rather than producing pages — relatable. Everything changes when she meets the niece of a famous author and gets access to his notebooks. Anna finds in the author’s archive the inspiration that takes her on a whirlwind journey into the depths of a literary mystery. Tom talks with Juliet about every writer's favorite subject, writer's block; along with the role of slacking in American culture, and that ancient quandary of artistic production: hard work vs inspiration or, could we say, Talent.

Juliet Lapidos is a writer and editor. She is currently a senior editor at The Atlantic, and previously worked for the LA Times, NYT and Slate. Host Tom Lutz joins Juliet to discuss Talent, her new novel about a 29 year old English grad student who can’t finish her dissertation, spending her days eating pop tarts rather than producing pages — relatable. Everything changes when she meets the niece of a famous author and gets access to his notebooks. Anna finds in the author’s archive the inspiration that takes her on a whirlwind journey into the depths of a literary mystery. Tom talks with Juliet about every writer's favorite subject, writer's block; along with the role of slacking in American culture, and that ancient quandary of artistic production: hard work vs inspiration or, could we say, Talent.

Talent Show: Juliet Lapidos and Tom Lutz

Juliet Lapidos is a writer and editor. She is  currently a senior editor at The Atlantic, and previously worked for the LA Times, NYT and Slate.  Host Tom Lutz joins Juliet to discuss Talent, her new novel about a 29 year old English grad student who can’t finish her dissertation, spending her days eating pop tarts rather than producing pages — relatable. Everything changes when she meets the niece of a famous author and gets access to his notebooks. Anna finds in the author’s archive the inspiration that takes her on a whirlwind journey into the depths of a literary mystery. Tom talks with Juliet about every writer's favorite subject, writer's block; along with the role of slacking in American culture, and that ancient quandary of artistic production: hard work vs inspiration or, could we say, Talent.

First Draft interview with Juliet Lapidos, author of the novel Talent.

First Draft - Juliet Lapidos

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