Did This Alum Write the Great American Novel? [Podcast]

BY Andrew Roush in 40 Acres Special Alcalde Podcast Podcasts on June 17, 2013

Philipp Meyer's second book, The Son, has been called arguably the best American novel of the century so far.

The author, a graduate of UT's acclaimed Michener Center for Writers, sat down to talk about the multi-generational Texas epic with his mentor, UT professor Don Graham.

Did This Alum Write the Great American Novel? [Podcast]

 Full podcast: Author Philipp Meyer, MFA '08, talks to legendary UT English professor Don Graham about his critically acclaimed second novel, The Son.

Excerpt: Meyer reads page one of The Son.

Bonus clip: Meyer and Graham talk Texas mythology.

Bonus clip: Drinking buffalo blood in South Texas.

Bonus clip: Meyer on comparisons to Hemingway.

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