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Marilynne Robinson Talks to Bill Moyers about Faith, Capitalism, and Literature

Marilynne Robinson’s new novel, Lila, is getting rave reviews and was a finalist for the National Book Award. In the above video, she talks to Bill Moyers about writing, her faith, and capitalism.

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Lincoln Michel

Lincoln Michel is the former editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and a founding editor of Gigantic. He is the co-editor of Gigantic Worlds and Tiny Crimes and the author of Upright Beasts. He teaches fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

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