#080: Benjamin Hutchinson — Writing & Reading as Tools for a Meaningful Life, Writing Big Idea Nonfiction, Learning from Literary Greats

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Prize-winning essayist, literary critic, and professor of European literature Ben Hutchinson, author of On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life, on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live more fully—and more purposefully. Plus, lessons on living well from the literary greats, tips for becoming better readers and ways for writers to know they’re on the right path. We also talk about the German poet Rilke.

ABOUT BENJAMIN HUTCHINSON

Ben Hutchinson is an award-winning essayist, critic and professor of European literature. He is the author of seven books, including The Midlife Mind and Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction. His writing appears regularly in the national and international press.

RESOURCES & LINKS

On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life by Ben Hutchinson
Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Ben Hutchinson
The Midlife Mind: Literature and the Art of Ageing by Ben Hutchinson
“Church Going” by Philip Larkin
Ethan Hawke’s TEDTalk, Give yourself permission to be creative
Keats and ‘negative capability

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