1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 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—marriage, friendship, a kind of celebrity—but sharing nonetheless an interest in the French Polynesian island of Makatea, where much of the story takes place. Joining Richard Powers on the Playground Kobo in Conversation https://koboinconversation.libsyn.com/site <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> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/180409462