Get Lit: Madeline Miller on 'The Song of Achilles'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 28, 2021

We air the most recent installment of our Get Lit with All Of It book club event from May 24. We spoke to author Madeline Miller about her 2012 New York Times bestseller, The Song of Achilles, that’s had a recent resurgence in popularity thanks to the attention it’s been receiving on TikTok.

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