LARB Radio Hour: Karen Tei Yamashita's "Letters to Memory"; Plus "Sylvia" by Leonard Michaels

By LARB Radio HourOctober 15, 2017

LARB Radio Hour: Karen Tei Yamashita's "Letters to Memory"; Plus "Sylvia" by Leonard Michaels





Karen Tei Yamashita, one of the most celebrated American novelists of her generation, turns historian/archeologist with Letters to Memory, an investigation into the lived experience of the World War Two Japanese Internment Camps, as revealed by the words and images from her family's archive. Karen joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to discuss how this striking new work came to be, her political motivations, and the importance of bringing forward the tremendous impact this horrible episode in American history had on people, families, and communities. Also, author Chiara Barzini returns to recommend Leonard Michaels' Slyvia, a tragic tale of a sexually charged romance in early '60s Manhattan.




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The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.

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