Olga Ravn on THE WAX CHILD

Told from the perspective of a wax doll, Olga Ravn's The Wax Child is a chilling tale inspired by a real group of women accused of dark magic in seventeenth-century Denmark. Olga joins us to talk about her craft, the power of ritual, collective memory, creepy children, and contemporary Scandinavian literature with cohost Jenna Seery.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books:

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn

The Employees by Olga Ravn

alphabet by Inger Christensen

The Condition of Secrecy: Selected Essays by Inger Christensen

it by Inger Christensen

How I Became a Nun by César Aira

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Dark Spring by Unica Zürn