WATCH: Novelist C Pam Zhang in Conversation with John Freeman

Click below to watch the first virtual meeting of the Alta California Book Club, which Books Editor of Alta Journal David Ulin describes as: an opportunity for us to rethink the book club as a kind of ongoing process involving events, involving posts and interviews and discussions on the Alta website, and to really think about […] The post WATCH: Novelist C Pam Zhang in Conversation with John Freeman first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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