# Katie Kitamura
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katie kitamura is an American novelist, journalist, and art critic. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the London Consortium.
== Early life and education ==
katie kitamura was born in California in 1979 to a family of Japanese origin, and raised in California.Kitamura graduated from Princeton University in New Jersey in 1999.
Re-release | Katie Kitamura, Audition
RE-RELEASE In honor of the Booker Prize 2026 Longlist announcement, we're re-releasing the conversation with Katie Kitamura, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 for Audition. Jason talks to Katie about learned behaviors, the nature of intimacy, the art of performance, and her immersive process o…
Ep 41: Dear Curious Readers - Summer Postbag Special
As we bid farewell to Summer Break, we take questions from our listeners in a special post bag episode - and of course, we can’t help but make some recommendations along the way. And don’t worry, normal service will be resumed on 11 September when return to the mics for a deep dive into Ann Patch…
Ep. 603: Avoid the Sunk-Cost Fallacy, and Why it’s Hard to Plan for Emergencies
We talk about how to avoid the mental trap of the “sunk-cost fallacy.” Plus, why it’s so hard to plan for emergencies and the biases that keep us from preparing for risk.
Episode highlights:
Try This at Home: Avoid the sunk-cost fallacy—the mental trap that keeps us committed because of t…
More Happier: A Lesson from the Real Housewives, Plus a Tool for Dealing with Shared Work
What reality TV can teach us about miscommunication, plus a simple tool for dealing with shared work based on your tendency.
Episode highlights:
Something Making Us Happier: Elizabeth's first-ever September getaway to Nantucket, and Gretchen's trusty sweatshirt [00:33]
I’ve Been Mean…
Author Katie Kitamura on why her book 'Audition' is also 'made by the reader'
The author Katie Kitamura, whose latest book has been nominated for both a Pulitzer and Booker Prize, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her aim for the book to have been written by herself, but also with the reader alongside her. "Audition" tells the story of an acclaimed actress whose life is turned…
Transcription by Ben Lerner: distortion and parenthood
Neha and Shruti discuss Transcription by Ben Lerner, considering themes of distortion, truth, parenthood, memory, and of course, transcription. In addition to discussing technology and smartphones, we get into the strangeness of dreams, and the ways liminal spaces appear in this novel. Finally, we…
#12: The Uncomplex Character w/ David McGovern
Today I’m joined by my friend David McGovern, a writer and theatre-maker based in Dublin. We make a case for the Uncomplex Character: a composed, unbothered, private person who has no problem being misunderstood. In fact, they delight in it.
To set the scene, David and I remember the ‘complex fema…
Jo Hamya - THREE ROOMS
Jo and I discuss Three Rooms, how she decided to write this story, whether working as an editor helped her when crafting this book, her writing process, why she doesn’t use speech marks, and much more.
Jo’s recommended reads are:
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Bear by Marian Engel
A Year in the N…
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