How to watch Charles Yu explore his award-winning novel at the L.A. Times Book Club

National Book Award winner Charles Yu discusses 'Interior Chinatown' with Times film critic Justin Chang at the L.A. Times Book Club Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-05-27 20:58:15 UTC ]

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Attention: a new Jesmyn Ward novel is coming this fall.

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For Aleksandar Hemon, Writing is a Search for a Form That Doesn’t Yet Exist

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