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Episode 585: John Jeremiah Sullivan

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Episode 585: John Jeremiah Sullivan

Longform

2024/06/26
Longform

Longform

2024/06/26
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John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and has written for Harper's, The New Yorker, and GQ. He is the author of Pulphead and the forthcoming The Prime Minister of Paradise: The True Story of a Lost American History....

Highlights

In this final episode of The Longform Podcast, host and guest reflect on a career defined by linguistic precision, emotional honesty, and restless curiosity—centered on the writer John Jeremiah Sullivan.
08:15
Sullivan adopted 'Jeremiah' in 1998 to stand out in New York media and honor his grandfather from Cork, Ireland
26:48
Despite low cure rates for his chronic work-pattern struggles, he finds deep joy and gratitude in writing
28:04
Writing has been at the center of my life for about 20 years and I feel lucky it remains interesting
46:57
Creative nonfiction has a long-standing tradition that has been overlooked, and it's time to bring academic understanding of its history into the current genre argument
53:01
Maria told me I was more famous and made more money writing funny, long magazine pieces
1:00:22
William Eggleston observed that Memphis is always changing — a reminder that creative life thrives in flux.

Chapters

The Final Guest: John Jeremiah Sullivan
00:00
“Uhtceare” (Paris Review • May 2021)
10:00
Pulphead (FSG Originals • 2011)
28:00
The Best American Essays 2014 (Mariner Books • 2014)
30:00
“Man Called Fran” (Harper’s • Sept 2023)
50:00
“Pulp Fever” (Daniel Riley • GQ • Nov 2011)
54:00

Transcript

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