A Great Book Can Inspire Your New Year!–Novelist Walter Kirn Explains

Author Walter Kirn traveled America to find the stories that sustain and uplift us. And as he tells Lee Smith, those stories are all in his new book—and in a new magazine, “County Highway.”

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1:10 Walter Kirn, novelist, literary critic, essayist
1:45 Walter Kirn, co-editor of County Highway magazine
2:16 County Highway — unique voices challenge the literary establishment
2:45 Fulfills a cultural need for in-depth, high-quality content.
09:21 Mainstream publishing prioritizes commercial success over merit
11:00 Literary world ignores the experiences of everyday people.
12:07 Kirn’s next book tells a story about American storytelling
16:11 How Americans from different States tell stories?
21:28 Is “Huckleberry Finn” the great American novel?
24:55 Can books change people’s lives?
25:55 American literary heroes challenge power structures
26:33 The American hero asks questions, doesn’t blindly follow tradition

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