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Author Kiley Reid on why we read novels

Author Kiley Reid on why we read novels

FromThe Gray Area with Sean Illing


Author Kiley Reid on why we read novels

FromThe Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Vox's Constance Grady talks with Kiley Reid, author of the critically-acclaimed novel Such a Fun Age. In this episode, which is a recording of a live Vox Book Club event, they discuss what novels are really for, the ways that we all craft stories in our relationships and personal lives, and the nuanced ways in which Reid takes on race, class, and friendship in her engaging, fast-paced literary debut.
Host: Constance Grady (@constancegrady), staff writer, Vox
Guests: Kiley Reid (@kileyreid), author
References: 


Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (G.P. Putnam's Sons; 2019)


"The smart political argument behind the satire Such a Fun Age" by Constance Grady (Vox; Nov. 19, 2021)


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Producer: Erikk Geannikis


Editor: Amy Drozdowska


Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey


Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall


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Released:
Mar 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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