Dec 5, 2022
This bonus episode of Attribution, ‘The Great Gatsby: Then and Now’, was originally broadcast as a WLIW-FM special program and a part of Chasing the Dream: Poverty, Justice and Opportunity in America, a public media reporting initiative from The WNET Group.
“I think that this is our great American novel about class. I think you see it on almost every page.”
Bob McKinnon, host of the podcast Attribution, talks with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh and The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. They discuss her book “So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came To Be and Why It Endures.” and what The Great Gatsby can still teach us today, 100 years after the events in the novel take place.
Links to learn more about:
So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures
Find out more: https://movingupusa.com/podcast
HOST
Bob McKinnon is a writer, designer, and teacher who asks us to reconsider the way we see success and the American Dream.
His work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Fast Company, NPR, and PBS.
His own journey out of poverty was captured in his TEDx talk: How Did I End Up Here. Through his writing and this podcast, he hopes to pay tribute and thanks to all those who have helped him and others move up in life.
CREDITS
Attribution is distributed in part by Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative from PBS flagship station, WNET in New York, reporting on poverty, justice, and economic opportunity in America. You can learn more at pbs.org/chasingthedream.
This show was edited by No Troublemakers Media. Music by Jonnie “Most” Davis.
Our final credit goes to you, the listener, and to everyone who helped you get to where you are today. If this show has reminded you of someone in particular, make their day and let them know.