What's Old Is New

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Author Meg Wolitzer recently published her 8th book, The Uncoupling, which uses the ancient Greek play Lysistrata to explore the vagaries of relationships and female desire. She was kind enough to join us to chat about both her book and the piece of classic literature that informs it. Already read the book? Come back tomorrow for our exclusive tumblr-only outtakes of the parts of conversation that we deemed too full of spoilers for the podcast.

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0:30 Meg Wolitzer explains The Uncoupling and Lysistrata

3:00 The reworking of classic literature in modern times. 

4:30 The timelessness of art and a quote from The Uncoupling

6:00 The difference in how young and old women react to the ‘spell’

11:00 The lack of self-reflection in modern culture

13:15 Why did Meg feel the need to tell this story at this time?

16:15 Love The Uncoupling? Where you should start in Meg’s backlist.

17:00 Wrap-up

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