The Permanence of Absence

Does the garden die with the gardener? Join us as J. Bradley Minnick and his guest, award-winning author Christine Schutt , explore the answer to this question through Schutt's short story, "The Duchess of Albany." The story deals with loss, isolation, meddling adult children, issues of aging, and the desire to preserve what others have left behind. “The Duchess of Albany” is from Schutt’s short story collection, Pure Hollywood , published by Grove Press. “The garden was not genteel. The garden

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Arts & Letters is a program celebrating contemporary arts, humanities, and social sciences, with an emphasis on authentic Southern voices. Hosted by J. Bradley Minnick of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the full episode archive is available at artsandlettersradio.org.