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Lauren Groff on the Themes in Her Novels

Writer Lauren Groff on the Impulse to Make a Deeper Connection

“I think each project requires its own form, and the story itself demands the form.” In this Louisiana Channel interview, Lauren Groff talks about how her novel Matrix (Riverhead Books, 2021) began as a thought experiment around toxic masculinity, and reflects on the ways fiction can challenge patriarchal storytelling traditions.

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Lauren Groff
Matrix
Riverhead Books
Louisiana Channel
novel
writing process
interview
2025

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