A conversation with Hanya Yanagihara, author of the best-selling novel, A Little Life, hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel, A Little Life, has made a huge splash in the literary world. This story of a group of friends in New York , this long narrative received terrific reviews and was one of six finalists for the prestigious Man Booker Prize. A former editor for Conde Nast Traveler, Hanya Yanagihara is currently an editor for T, the style magazine of the New York Times. She’s lived in Los Angeles, New York and Honolulu, and spent far too much time eating granola bars in overpriced hotels (listen to the interview for more details).

This interview was conducted on February 22nd, 2016, and a shorter version has been edited for the Bookwaves radio program.

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