A Day of Books

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 26, 2018

REBROADCAST: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses his first short story collection, Friday Black. Angie Thomas talks about her acclaimed novel, The Hate U Give, which is now a feature film directed by George Tillman Jr. Elliot Ackerman expands on his book, Waiting for Eden: A novel, which focuses on a young soldier who has returned home bedridden and unable to speak or move. Lauren Groff discusses her book, Florida, a collection of short stories that looks at the mysterious and hidden corners of the state and its inhabitants. Tana French talks about her latest crime novel, The Witch Elm. Meg Wolitzer explains her twelfth novel for adults, The Female Persuasion, which follows the life of Greer Kadetsky, a young woman who finds a mentor in Faith Frank. The novel has been seen as a modern story of our current national conversation on feminism, sexual harassment, and the #MeToo movement.

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