Today on Salt Lake Dirt, Kyler welcomes back playwright and novelist Matthew Gasda to discuss his new book, Stranger Beauty (Arcade). Blending speculative elements with intimate reflection—a style dubbed by one reader as "science autofiction"—the novel shifts between 2038 and hidden personal documents from 2023. During the interview, Gasda breaks down the multi-layered structure of the book, which centers on a writer who has surrendered his creative freedom to a surveilling system in exchange for security.The conversation explores the central themes that give Stranger Beauty its unique resonance, including the debate between the protagonist and his Orthodox Christian brother, the evolving role of AI in creative and daily life, and the grounding weight of fatherhood. Gasda reflects on his own creative process, his relationship with personal journals, and how the novel functions as both a reflection of the current cultural moment and a vision of the future.
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