Episode 58: Paul Yoon + Hernan Diaz (June 4, 2020)

Award-winning author Paul Yoon discusses Run Me To Earth, his heartbreaking novel of three orphans in 1960s Laos, with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Hernan Diaz. With charm and humor, the two authors talk about how to write about trauma and violence in a way that is delicate, respectful, and beautiful), touching on both the history that informs the novel and the craft that shaped it. (Recorded at our Fort Greene store on January 30, 2020)