The LRB Podcast

Sisters Come Second

Apr 18, 2023

45:22

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Struggle Between Henry James and Thomas Mann

3min

The Therapeutic Power of Sibling Authorship

4min

The Importance of Sibling Relationships

2min

The Rivalry Between William and Henry James

5min

The Importance of Being a Social Being

2min

The L.A.B. Sisters Come Second

5min

The Importance of Being Responsible

3min

The Role of Siblinghood in Creative Fulfillment

3min

10.

The Power of Sisters

5min

11.

The Deficit of an Only-Only Child

3min

12.

The Imaginative Possibilities of Being an Only Child

3min

13.

The Politics of Desire

4min

14.

The Importance of Sibling Rivalry

2min

In his introduction to our twelfth collection of LRB archive pieces, Sisters Come Second, Colm Tóibín writes that most siblings dream of being only children. Malin Hay explores this idea with Colm and Andrew O’Hagan, both younger sons in big families. Their conversation considers the examples of the brothers Mann, Yeats, James and Windsor, and why, as Czesław Miłosz observed, when there’s a writer in the family, that family is finished.

You can buy Sisters Come Second from the LRB Store for just £5.99: lrb.me/siblings

Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/siblingspod

Music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Zoe Kilbourn, Anthony Wilks and Sam Kinchin-Smith

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