Andrew Porter on THE IMAGINED LIFE
Apr 24, 2025•41 min
Episode description
The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter is a novel about fathers and sons, complex family mythologies and buried secrets. Andrew joins us to talk about finding the right tone for his novel, writing about the 1980s, Proust, the evolution of language and more with host Miwa Messer.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.
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Featured Books (Episode):
The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
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