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The Book Review

Katie Kitamura Talks About ‘Intimacies’

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.23.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Kitamura discusses her new novel, and James Lapine talks about “Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created ‘Sunday in the Park With George.’”

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0:00.0

How do we define intimacy, empathy, and interpretation?

0:12.4

Katie Kitamura explores all these themes in her latest book and will join us to discuss

0:16.9

that novel, Intimacy's.

0:20.0

What does it take to put iconic musical on the stage?

0:23.5

James Lepine will talk about his award-winning collaboration with Stephen Sondheim, putting

0:28.4

it together.

0:29.4

How Stephen Sondheim and I created Sunday in the Park with George.

0:33.5

Elizabeth Harris joins us with news from the publishing world.

0:36.6

Plus, our critics will join us for the latest in literary criticism.

0:40.7

This is the Bookerview Podcast for the New York Times.

0:43.5

It's August 6th.

0:44.8

I'm Pamela Paul.

0:46.5

Katie Kitamura joins us now from Sawani Tannasee to talk about her new novel, Intimacy's

1:01.5

Katie Hi.

1:02.5

Hi Pamela.

1:03.5

Thanks so much for having me.

1:04.5

Thanks Hervine here and from Sawani.

1:06.6

What are you doing there?

1:08.2

I am taking part in the Sawani Writers' Conference, which is a gathering of, I think almost 200

1:13.8

years and there's a series of workshops and readings and many, many dinners and late nights.

1:19.3

All right.

1:20.3

That sounds lovely and very unquarantine-like.

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