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Place and Identity (Part 3 of 10)
J. D. McClatchy has traveled the US 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.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 30m ListenJ. 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