Episode 4: He Got in Trouble—Critique and Transformation

Summary: Carla Blumenkranz discusses her piece “Captain Midnight.” This unusual portrait follows a young Gordon Lish in the early '60s as he searches for new talent and struggles to start his career. Siddhartha Deb, author of the recently published nonfiction book, The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India, offers insight into the illusion of wealth and class disparities in globalized India.