{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Joining Richard Powers on the Playground","description":"Host Nathan Maharaj spoke with novelist Richard Powers. Many readers will know him from his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel&amp;nbsp;The Overstory, or perhaps&amp;nbsp;The Echo Maker,&amp;nbsp;which won the 2006 National Book Award. His newest novel is&amp;nbsp;Playground, a story about four characters joined in different ways\u2014marriage, friendship, a kind of celebrity\u2014but sharing nonetheless an interest in the French Polynesian island of Makatea, where much of the story takes place.  Joining Richard Powers on the Playground ","author_name":"Kobo in Conversation","author_url":"https:\/\/koboinconversation.libsyn.com\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33667112\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/bf0000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/180409462"}