{"id":7892,"date":"2014-05-12T20:33:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T00:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2014-05-12T21:44:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T01:44:43","slug":"podcast-persona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-persona","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Linn Ullmann, part 2 &#8211; Persona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/linnullmann.no\/en\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7894\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-persona\/screen-shot-2014-05-12-at-8-17-46-pm\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-12-at-8.17.46-PM.png?fit=770%2C984\" data-orig-size=\"770,984\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2014-05-12 at 8.17.46 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-12-at-8.17.46-PM.png?fit=485%2C620\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7894\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-12-at-8.17.46-PM.png?w=440\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-05-12 at 8.17.46 PM\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-12-at-8.17.46-PM.png?resize=485%2C620 485w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-12-at-8.17.46-PM.png?resize=344%2C440 344w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-12-at-8.17.46-PM.png?w=770 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories: Linn Ullmann pt. 2 &#8211; Persona<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5007\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7892-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7892-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Every time you start with a blank page, and nothing is a given. Knowing more just makes you less confident. A certain lack of confidence is good in writing, because you want to go places where you&#8217;re not on safe ground.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Listen in to part 2 of my conversation with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linnullmann.no\/en\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linn Ullmann<\/a> about her new novel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590516672\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1590516672&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=BHE4P5Z6XMG2VWZQ\">The Cold Song,<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Other Press<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1590516672\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>! (Part 1 is <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-lady-with-a-dog\" target=\"_blank\">over here<\/a>.) We talk about her writing habits and practices, her favorite Scandinavian authors, how she tweaked the book for its translation into English, and how August Strindberg got revenge on people. We also talk about the lengths she and her husband go to in order to get undisturbed writing time, when she realized she wasn&#8217;t going to become a ballerina, and how to convey the Norwegian concept of <em>skavank<\/em> to some zhlub from New Jersey.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You have to do bad writing before it gets to good writing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Bonus: I let Linn interview me, and boy does THAT go off the rails!<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a listen<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5008\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7892-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7892-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_18_-_Persona.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-lady-with-a-dog\" target=\"_blank\">Linn Ullmann, part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-on-cats-and-calamities\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Trachtenberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-eternity-is-music-that-plays\" target=\"_blank\">Wallis Wilde-Menozzi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-sex-crime-and-other-arbitrary-genre-labels\" target=\"_blank\">Maxim Jakubowski<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-a-place-to-rest\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Raboteau<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?tag=podcast&amp;feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linnullmann.no\/en\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linn Ullmann<\/a> is a literary critic and the author of five novels: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/033039052X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=033039052X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=2H7SVHWBACYFMURK\">Before You Sleep<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=033039052X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (1998), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400030943\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1400030943&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=CNGDCETXPQUAJSHK\">Stella Descending<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400030943\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (2001), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400078024\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1400078024&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=WAO2CQY2IRKM6W2W\">Grace<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400078024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (2002), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/030727781X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=030727781X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=IPQK7OKLLC5ZBKJZ\">A Blessed Child<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=030727781X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (2005), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590516672\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1590516672&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=BHE4P5Z6XMG2VWZQ\">The Cold Song<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1590516672\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (2011). <em>Grace<\/em> won The Reader\u2019s Prize in Norway and was named one of the top ten novels that year by the <em>Weekendavisen<\/em> newspaper in Denmark. In 2007, Grace was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in the UK. <em>A Blessed Child<\/em> was shortlisted for the Brage Prize in Norway. In 2007, Ms. Ullmann was awarded the Amalie Skram Award for her literary work, and she received Gullpennen (the Golden Pen) for her journalism in Norway\u2019s leading morning newspaper <em>Aftenposten<\/em>. In 2008, <em>A Blessed Child<\/em> was named Best Translated novel in the British newspaper <em>The Independent<\/em>, and in 2009 the novel was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in the UK. Linn Ullmann\u2019s novels are published throughout Europe and the U.S. and are translated into 30 languages. <em>The Cold Song<\/em> was recently published in the U.S. by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Other Press<\/a>. Ms. Ullmann lives in Oslo with her husband Niels Fredrik Dahl, a novelist, playwright and poet. She has two children, Hanna and Halfdan, and two stepchildren, Dagny and Kasper. She also has a dog named Charlie.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Double Feature<em>\u00a0by Camera Obscura. The conversation was recorded in the business center of an undisclosed hotel\u00a0on a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001QWBM62\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001QWBM62\">Zoom H4n recorder<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001QWBM62\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. 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