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September 4, 2026
Valeria Luiselli : Beginning Middle End
Between the Covers · Valeria Luiselli · 2 hr 45 min
Why we chose this episode
David Naimon gives a serious writer the time serious writers rarely get. Slow, generous, and about form as a moral choice.
Listen for this question
What are you making that does not need to be useful?
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Who it’s for: Anyone who makes things and wants to hear craft discussed without ego.
Best way to listen
In an armchair, one long sitting.
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