Austin author Edward Carey's The Swallowed Man (a New York Times Editors' Choice pick) and Ethan Rutherford's Kirkus-starred collection Farthest South & Other Stories are incredible journeys into the outer reaches of literary fiction: whether via fable, metaphor, or absurdity, each novel captures deftly and uniquely a familiar theme, that of the strange, menacing anxieties that often accompany our connections with others, and sometimes even with our own families.

Moderator: Deb Olin Unferth

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