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Emily St. John Mandel: uncertainty

8 Apr 2020 Conversations with Tyler Emily St. John Mandel on Fact, Fiction, and the Familiar

“I don’t know why that is, but I definitely feel like I have a much better career in the US than I do in Canada.”

— Emily St. John Mandel

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Emily St. John Mandel
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Verified speaker
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uncertainty
Recorded
8 Apr 2020
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

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…Not Canada? No, not Canada. I don’t know why that is, but I definitely feel like I have a much better career in the US than I do in Canada. I’ve been short-listed for major American awards, but there are three big awards in Canada every year, and I never even made the long list. Do you think there’s ever a feeling in Canada that somehow you’re not Canadian enough as a writer, and that you’re just writing books?…

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