Readers Club | Rachel Khong
About the Episode
In immersive, moving prose, Rachel Khong weaves a profound tale of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance—a story of trust, forgiveness, and finally coming home. Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made? And if we are made, who gets to do the making? Can our genetic past be overcome?
Aired:
05/28/24
| Expires: | Runtime: 43m 38s
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Extras
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Extended Readers Club | Julia Alvarez
Dive deeper into the Readers Club discussion with Julia Alvarez.1:51:35 -
Readers Club | Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss her novel "The Cemetery of Untold Stories"51:48 -
Extended Readers Club | Tana French
Dive deeper into the mind of Tana French with an extended interview on the PBS Books Readers Club.1:14:17 -
Extended Readers Club | Olivia Ford
Watch our full conversation with Olivia Ford the author of Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame.1:02:23 -
Extended Readers Club | Percival Everett
Eminent author Percival Everett shares his vision behind his remarkable novel "James".53:47 -
Readers Club | Percival Everett
Eminent author Percival Everett shares his vision behind his remarkable novel "James".45:36 -
Extended Readers Club | Olivia Ford
Watch our full conversation with Olivia Ford the author of Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame.1:02:23 -
Readers Club | Olivia Ford
PBS Books sits down with Olivia Ford author of Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame.46:50 -
Extended Readers Club | Rachel Khong
Watch our extended conversation with Rachel Khong author of "Real Americans".53:32 -
Extended Readers Club | Scott Alexander Howard
Watch the extended interview of "The Other Valley" author Scott Alexander Howard.48:47
