{"id":1634,"date":"2018-12-06T14:13:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T14:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2019-01-24T12:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T12:56:20","slug":"mst-alumna-daisy-johnson-interview-on-the-guardian-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1634","title":{"rendered":"MSt alumna Daisy Johnson interview on The Guardian Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daisy Johnson on Everything Under: &#039;There was a lot of crying&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVL_S1DSSdA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">There was a lot of crying&#8217;: youngest Booker prize nominee on writing her first novel.<\/h1>\n<p>MSt alumna Daisy Johnson interviewed for Guardian Culture<\/p>\n<p>From the announcement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The author made headlines this year after becoming the youngest person to be shortlisted for the Man Booker prize with her debut novel Everything Under. Iman Amrani speaks to her about her book, which has been described as a feminist retelling of a well-known myth, which plays with the boundaries of reality and the supernatural\u00a0 This interview is part of a series called Fresh Voices, presented by Amrani&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a lot of crying&#8217;: youngest Booker prize nominee on writing her first novel. MSt alumna Daisy Johnson interviewed for Guardian Culture From the announcement &#8220;The author made headlines this year after becoming the youngest person to be shortlisted for the Man Booker prize with her debut novel Everything Under. 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