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Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman’s first novel, The Idiot, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. The sequel, Either/Or, was published in 2022. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010.

The novelist watches Joanna Hogg’s two recent films and muses on how they convey the lessons learned in creative practices

BY Elif Batuman |