UNBOUND: The Paris Review

Pioneers of extraordinary literature since 1953 impart literary wisdom from across the Atlantic: host Lorin Stein introduced Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan, John Jeremiah Sullivan and Donald Antrim. This clip of the event, filmed live during an Unbound session at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, features John Jeremiah Sullivan.

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