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Feb 14 2020 39 mins   11
Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation, ''an effortless-seeming downhill ride that picks up astonishing narrative speed as it goes'' (New York Review of Books), tells the story of a once heady marriage at its breaking point. It was named to scores of 2014 ''Best of the Year'' lists and was shortlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award and Folio Prize. Offill is also the author of the novel Last Things, a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the L.A. Times First Book Award. A writing teacher at Syracuse University and Queens University, she is also the author of four children's books. Her new novel is the story of a librarian who becomes increasingly obsessed with doomsday preparations. (recorded 2/13/2020)