An interview with Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies (2021), longlisted for the National Book Award. Katie and I discuss the International Criminal Court, its biases and tireless fight for justice, the charisma of its translators, the attraction to violence in the novel, the inscrutability of marriages, and so much more.

Books Recommended in this episode:

Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

Katie recommends:

Anna Seghers, Transit
Adalbert Sifter, Rock Crystal
Olga Tokarczuk, The Book of Jacob

Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers.

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Katie Kitamura, "Intimacies" (Riverhead, 2021)