Doon Arbus's guest appearances

Doon Arbus

Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast

Think About It

Jane Eyre

Emily Dickinson

Henry David Thoreau

Toni Morrison

Paul Mendes-Flohr

Martin Buber

James Joyce

David Cole

John Collins

Paul Smith

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jason Stanley

James Baldwin

Emily Wilson

Eileen Myles

OwlTail

Barbara Epler

A conversation about the power of editors and curators, and all that happens behind the scenes. Doon Arbus, the author of the new novel The Caretaker, and her editor Barbara Epler, the head of the famed publisher New Directions, tell the origin stories of Arbus’s debut novel about the caretaker of an eccentric museum, and the tiny literary house that became the first American publisher of Neruda, Bolaño, W.G. Sebald, Anne Carson, and many more.The Caretaker is available now.

A conversation about the power of editors and curators, and all that happens behind the scenes. Doon Arbus, the author of the new novel The Caretaker, and her editor Barbara Epler, the head of the famed publisher New Directions, tell the origin stories of Arbus’s debut novel about the caretaker of an eccentric museum, and the tiny literary house that became the first American publisher of Neruda, Bolaño, W.G. Sebald, Anne Carson, and many more. The Caretaker is<a href="https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-caretaker/#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> available now</a>.

Episode 26 | Doon Arbus and Barbara Epler

Something different today: I was lucky to speak with writer Doon Arbus about her debut novel, The Caretaker, published September 2020 by New Directions books. It's a spell-binding, intricate and haunting tale of a world-renowned philosopher's house museum filled with his collection of objects, and the mysterious man who becomes the museum's caretaker. In our conversation, Doon and I discussed the idea that objects carry their own histories with them, how we behave in museums, and whether it's necessary to carefully curate or, perhaps, to completely destroy a biography in order to appreciate an artist's or writer's work.  If you're interested, for the audio book the amazing Alan Cummings lends his voice to Doon Arbus's book in the  audio version of The Caretaker. Uli Baer teaches literature and photography as University Professor at New York University. A recipient of Guggenheim, Getty and Humboldt awards, in addition to hosting "Speaking of…” he hosts (with Caroline Weber) the podcast "The Proust Questionnaire” and is Editorial Director at Warbler Press. Email ucb1@nyu.edu; Twitter @UliBaer.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Something different today: I was lucky to speak with writer Doon Arbus about her debut novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Caretaker-Doon-Arbus/dp/0811229491/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Caretaker</a>, published September 2020 by New Directions books. It's a spell-binding, intricate and haunting tale of a world-renowned philosopher's house museum filled with his collection of objects, and the mysterious man who becomes the museum's caretaker. In our conversation, Doon and I discussed the idea that objects carry their own histories with them, how we behave in museums, and whether it's necessary to carefully curate or, perhaps, to completely destroy a biography in order to appreciate an artist's or writer's work.  If you're interested, for the audio book the amazing Alan Cummings lends his voice to Doon Arbus's book in the  <a href="../../../content/item-details/item_id/lends%20his%20voice%20to%20the%20absorbing%20tale." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">audio version of The Caretaker.</a> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ulrichbaer.com_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=drMmJTS8VuY9GhQ89rLkEg&amp;m=BU5IQvtPQiF51wYZDcs-NTsaOqJ7w0U54jTA7dv9WI8&amp;s=emAsnRwNLGKjvl8KNqwxxeRhprQ6_fvVTA9RFIy_xOQ&amp;e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uli Baer</a> teaches literature and photography as University Professor at New York University. A recipient of Guggenheim, Getty and Humboldt awards, in addition to hosting "Speaking of…” he hosts (with <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__barnard.edu_profiles_caroline-2Dweber&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=drMmJTS8VuY9GhQ89rLkEg&amp;m=BU5IQvtPQiF51wYZDcs-NTsaOqJ7w0U54jTA7dv9WI8&amp;s=ZF4i5g4-aa7L4rpB3A2Jbd-bUOr2OmS2ek8MS8eVREw&amp;e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caroline Weber</a>) the podcast "<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.proustquestionnaire.net_about&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=drMmJTS8VuY9GhQ89rLkEg&amp;m=BU5IQvtPQiF51wYZDcs-NTsaOqJ7w0U54jTA7dv9WI8&amp;s=53abEgER8Kl-Y6QK_zbsifYAMHRcPX4E98a_WvqdEMA&amp;e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Proust Questionnaire</a>” and is Editorial Director at <a href="https://warblerpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warbler Press</a>. Email <a href="mailto:ucb1@nyu.edu">ucb1@nyu.edu</a>; Twitter @UliBaer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Great Books 36: Doon Arbus's "The Caretaker"