
And that is solely due to the proficiency of the folks that I work with. Obviously it wasn't what you expected, but how has it been so far?īryan: I think on my end, I have no cause to complain. And for you a debut novel, something that is no small feat in itself, into a pandemic where the rules changed. And in the literary culture as a whole, perhaps decades from now, perhaps forever, we'll look at this collection of writers who, doing perhaps the most vulnerable thing a writer can do, which is to step out into the world. Ocean: How was it like releasing a book in a pandemic? I feel like this is something that's an anthropological interest for any writer.

I'm the author of Memorial and Lot, and I get to talk with Ocean for The A24 Podcast.īryan: I feel like that's….

I'm a writer and poet.īryan Washington: My name is Bryan Washington. We’re thrilled to be adapting Memorial as a limited TV series, and now seems like as good a time as any to announce that we’re also busy working on the film adaptation of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.īoth novels are essential winter reading, and this conversation between Bryan and Ocean is a perfect primer. Bryan just published his debut novel Memorial this fall, and Ocean made his own debut last year with On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. If you’re a reader of contemporary fiction, you’re no doubt familiar with the names Bryan Washington and Ocean Vuong.

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