Place and Identity (Part 3 of 10)
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J. D. McClatchy has traveled the U.S. visiting the homes of classic American writers. Joan Didion talks about her native California; Jonathan Lethem describes growing up in Brooklyn; and Toni Morrison describes the creation of an imaginary home, a hotel, in her most-recent novel.
- You can also read an overview of the series or excerpts from:
- J. D. McClatchy's American Writers at Home
- Toni Morrison's Love
- Joan Didion's Where I was From
- Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude
Guests:
- Toni Morrison: author, 'Love'
- Joan Didion: author, 'Where I Was From'
- Jonathan Lethem: author, 'The Fortress of Solitude'
- J. D. McClatchy: author 'American Writers at Home'
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