131 Your body is a scam with Penguin Literary Prize winner Mary Colussi

James and Ashley Stay at Home by James Watson

Jun 23, 202642:35Arts

Mary Colussi says her debut novel Touch Grass, winner of the 2025 Penguin Literary Prize, is a 'Noah's ark of her weird interests.' Penguin Literary Prize judge Jack Harkin puts it a little differently: 'part warning, pa...

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