Episode 54: Jenny Offill

The Subaltern Podcast

The author of 'Dept of Speculation' likes gossip magazines, wonders why aliens like rutting and has made up everything she says about her new book on the spot. Also, she isn't on Twitter because she likes it too much. This is my interview with Jenny Offill over Skype. We talk about rewriting, the change in the books landscape over the last ten years and how to pronounce her surname (I still get it wrong). I talk about my favourite headlines, condemn tabloids and namedrop stories about Junot Diaz. The Subaltern Podcast - Author Nikesh Shukla talks to other writers and authors and novelists about writing, about their interests. It's the anti-panel discussion. It's a conversation. With writers. About writing. Add us on iTunes, on Stitcher, on Podomatic. Download, comment, like, tweet, tell your friends, forward to a friend, subscribe. We've got thirty more episodes for you this year. Credits: Logo designed by Sanjai Dave Location provided by Skype Music provided by Vee Kay (Three Kings High) Thanks to Sara D'Arcy from Granta @nikeshshukla 'Dept of Speculation' (Granta) by Jenny Offill is out now. 'Meatspace' (The Friday Project) by Nikesh Shukla is out on 3rd July 2014.