Short story collections by Steven Millhauser and Jamel Brinkley focus on the uncanny

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Today's episode features interviews with two authors of short story collections. First, NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Steven Millhauser about Disruptions, and why he likes to write stories that start off in the normal world and slowly become more and more unsettling until he feels he's pushed the limits as far as he can. Then, NPR's Juana Summers asks Jamel Brinkley about Witness, and how he incorporated gentrification in New York, masculinity and Blackness into his larger themes of obsession.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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