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Virtual Memories Show
\nCOVID Check-In: Nathaniel Popkin<\/a><\/p>\n

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Author & activist Nathaniel Popkin<\/a> checks in from Philadelphia. We talk about the potential for creative moments in the midst of self-isolation, the inspiration of Elsa Morante’s novel History<\/a> on his recent LitHub essay on the abuse of war imagery during the pandemic<\/a>, the unique social aspects of Philadelphia, the dilation of time during self-isolation and how glad he was to take a social-distance walk with friends, the eternal search for justice and the battle against corporatization, the history of how the Lenape natives were defrauded of their land in the 1700s and how the language of destroying indigenous people hasn’t changed over the centuries, how literature helps him travel in time and space, and more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read The Year of the Return<\/a>!<\/p>\n

You can listen to all these COVID Check-In episodes at The COVID-19 Sessions<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n