Author Emily Ruskovich: Idaho as Inspiration
10/17/21 • 28 min
Marcia Franklin talks with Emily Ruskovich, the author of Idaho: A Novel. In 2019, the novel won the Dublin Literary Award, worth more than $100,000. Ruskovich reflects on what it has been like to win the award. The two also discuss the plot of Idaho, whose setting is based on the landscape of Ruskovich’s childhood in northern Idaho.
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Originally Aired: 11/1/2019
The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2019 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.
Marcia Franklin talks with Emily Ruskovich, the author of Idaho: A Novel. In 2019, the novel won the Dublin Literary Award, worth more than $100,000. Ruskovich reflects on what it has been like to win the award. The two also discuss the plot of Idaho, whose setting is based on the landscape of Ruskovich’s childhood in northern Idaho.
Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter.
Originally Aired: 11/1/2019
The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2019 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.
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Originally Aired: 11/30/2018
The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2018 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.
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Originally Aired: 11/8/2019
The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2019 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.
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