10% Happier with Dan Harris, 8/3/23
“I felt like I was kind of a half person and that if I were someone else, everything would be more vivid and somehow more complete.”
Interviews
WaPo Library Interview
“Book Tour: At Home with Jennifer Egan,” Washington Post with John Williams
“‘Grain elevators!” Egan shouted, turning to a random page in the book.”
NewYorker.com
“Jennifer Egan’s Disciplined Restlessness,” New Yorker.com with Deborah Treisman, 3/12/23
“I wanted success violently. But my ability just wouldn’t back me up. It just insisted on moving more slowly. And, in retrospect, I have to say I’m really grateful for that.”
Encore, France 24
Encore with Olivia Salazar-Winspear on France 24, 10/6/22
“Reading is a form of resistance.”
CNN Amanpour
CNN International/PBS, with Christiane Amanpour, 9/29/22
“I’m more moved by curiosity than pessimism.”
FT
Lunch With the FT, with Alice Fishburn, 8/26/22
“Fiction has been a greedy grab bag from minute one. . . so if we decide that people are only allowed to do certain things in a form that already is imperiled . . . what are you trying to do, just kill it?”
Victoria Festival
The Victoria Festival of Authors, with Terese Svoboda, 8/2022
“All of that motion, that playing with perspective, and above all moving in and out of particular consciousnesses—is fiction’s superpower.”
TNY Live
The New Yorker Live with Deborah Treisman, 6/21/22
Watch the Conversation (might be subscribers only)
KeraThink
KeraThink with Kris Boyd, 6.23.22
The Book Case/Gibson family
ABC’s The Book Case with Kate and Charlie Gibson
“If I had to pick one word to describe everything I want to do as a writer and the reason I like to read, it is: fun.”
Sway with Kara Swisher
Sway with Kara Swisher, 2/23/2022
Would you upload your consciousness to the cloud? Jennifer Egan talks about her new book and social media’s “illusion of authenticity.”
Pioneer Works
Science vs Fiction at Pioneer Works, with Astrophysicist Janna Levin, 5/2022
Ted Interview
The TED Interview with Steven Johnson, 7/25/22
“Fiction is about confronting the mystery and the complexity of human life.”
Wheels Off with Rhett Miller
Wheels Off with Rhett Miller, 8/2/22
“The goal is always to keep getting better. That’s what has to happen to stay in it. You have to keep getting better.”
Talk Easy
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, 5/22/22
“I’m a big believer in the fact that we all know much more than we realize we know.”
Elle’s Shelf Life
Elle Magazine’s Shelf Life, 4/5/22
“I had to stop reading Robot Dreams with my young son because I couldn’t repress my grief.”
Bustle
Bustle, with Chaya Bhuvaneswar, 5/5/22
“Novels are there to entertain readers, period.”
Libro.fm
Libro.fm with Kelsey Norris, 5/11/22
“The Candy House about family, connection, legacy, technology, and so much more. It is her best work yet.”
CBC Sunday Magazine
CBC Sunday Magazine, with Piya Chattopadhyay, 4/24/22
Jennifer Egan on the value of storytelling in a data-driven world
Irish Times
The Irish Times with John Self, 4/23/22
“I know how hard it is to reach a point where anyone gives a damn what you do.”
Jonathan Karp
Poets & Writers with Jonathan Karp, S&S CEO, May/June 2022
LitHub
Literary Hub with Jane Ciabattari, 4/5/22
“My methodology, such as it is, has amounted to following my curiosity and hoping for the best.”
KQED Forum
KQED Forum with Alexis Madrigal, 4/19/22
Egan joins us to discuss storytelling in our online age and why she considers this book an “homage to fiction.”
iNews
iNews (UK), with Neil Armstrong, 4/30/22
“I just wonder whether, if I’d been rewarded so heavily as a younger writer, would I have gotten better or would it have stopped me?”
The Independent
The Independent (UK) with Suze Olbrich, 4/28/22
“Dialogue is impossible if no one will let the other person speak.”