Russell Banks A Permanent Member of the Family

Russell Banks on A Permanent Member of the Family

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 12, 2013

Russell Banks discusses his new collection of short stories, A Permanent Member of the Family. The 12 stories in the collection examine the ways we try—and sometimes fail—to connect with one another. Banks looks at the families we make for ourselves and the ones we're born into.

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