A Conversation with Pseudonymous Bosch
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A Conversation with Pseudonymous Bosch

B1IntermediateJuly 1, 20268 min
  • Interview
  • Arts & culture

We meet the writer behind Pseudonymous Bosch: Raphael Simon. Host Kitty Felde chats with him about all things writing.

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Last week we discussed the name of this book is secret by synonymous Bosch.

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Hi, I'm Kitty Feldy. Last week we discussed the name of this book is secret by synonymous Bosch. This week we talked to the mysterious writer himself, otherwise known as Raphael Simon. Well, you don't talk about the style of this book because the idea of inserting yourself

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as a writer sometimes really intimidates other writers. How did that come about? Well, partly it happened because I was writing initially for this one girl named May as part of this writing partners program.

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So in the same way that you would address a letter to a person and you'd write a letter in second person, I started writing the book that way. So that's really how it began. And I found it liberating.

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