Marilynne Robinson
The American novelist and essayist talks religion, fiction and US politics with Rana Mitter.
When President Obama met the American essayist and fiction writer Marilynne Robinson they discussed shared values, citiizenship and Christianity. She talks to Rana Mitter about her definition of Puritanism, the radical history of the mid west states, the use of religion in current American political rhetoric and the biblical cadences of her fiction.
Marilynne Robinson is the author of novels including Gilead, Lila, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and her new collection of Essays is called What Are We Doing Here ?
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Podcast: Marilynne Robinson
The American novelist and essayist talks religion, fiction & US politics with Rana Mitter
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- Thu 12 Apr 2018 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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