The Story of America, Pt. 1
Podcast |
Bookworm
Publisher |
KCRW
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Books
Fiction
Interview
Poetry
Writing
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
Publication Date |
Aug 16, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:37:18

Claudia Rankine, award-winning poet and author of Citizen: An American Lyric, a book-length poem about the pernicious racism of American daily life, hosts the first of a three-part episode on the story of America, as told through literary fiction. Over the decades Michael Silverblatt spoke with hundreds of writers about America — its foundation, its history, its challenges, and its culture. This episode reveals the story of America as the story of race. We’ll hear from David Foster Wallace, Russell Banks, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, William H. Gass, Joan Didion, and Claudia Rankine herself.

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