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Emma Cline Reads "What Can You Do With a General"

Episode Summary

<p><span>Emma Cline reads her short story from the February 4, 2019, issue of the magazine. Cline's first novel, "The Girls," was published in 2016. She is a winner of </span><em>The Paris Review</em><span>'s Plimpton<span> </span></span>Prize,<span><span> </span>and was named one of<span> </span></span><em>Granta</em><span>'s Best Young American Novelists, in 2017.</span></p>

Episode Notes

Emma Cline reads her short story from the February 4, 2019, issue of the magazine. Cline's first novel, "The Girls," was published in 2016. She is a winner of The Paris Review's Plimpton Prize, and was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists, in 2017.