Lit Up

Lit Up

By Angela LedgerwoodSociety & CultureArtsBooks
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Lit Up episodes

  • Salman Rushdie on how life is Stranger Than Fiction
    Angie sits down with Salman Rushdie at Random House’s “Off the Page” event to talk about his new novel “The Golden House,” the chaos of Trump’s America, and how he scored a role on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

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    34 min
  • Claire Messud on long-lost friendships
    Claire Messud and Angie talk about her new novel "The Burning Girl," as well as Claire's childhood years in Australia, and how childhood friendships can haunt and define us.

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    46 min
  • Tom Perrotta on porn addiction, suburban America and exploring gender norms
    Tom Perrotta, the author of Election, Little Children and The Leftovers talks to Angie about his latest novel Mrs. Fletcher, which explores sexuality in America, empty nest syndrome and the universal longing for human connection.

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    58 min
  • Trevor Noah live at NeueHouse
    Trevor Noah, host of the Daily Show, joins Angie to discuss his newly released memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. It was a packed room at NeueHouse and an incredibly timely conversation in this era of post-election confusion.

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    1 hr 14 min
  • The way forward with Lidia Yuknavitch
    In a particularly emotional episode, Lidia Yuknavitch joins Angela to discuss all of her work, which blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction.

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    46 min
  • Samantha Irby on intentional dating, epic sexual mishaps and redefining family
    Irby's raw and relatable book of essays "We Are Never Meeting in Real Life" will make you LOL for real. Irby shares her hilarious application to be a contestant on The Bachelorette, the life lessons she learned from her 14 years at the animal hospital, and what she's willing to do for love.

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    54 min
  • Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Vietnamese-American refugee experience
    Last year's Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, joined us to talk about the renowned collection of stories that took him nearly two decades to perfect: The Refugees. Throughout the stories, Viet gives voice to the Vietnamese communities in Southern California (where he grew up) and to those living in the country he fled. In 1975, he and his family came to The United States as refugees in the wake of the Vietnam War. His debut novel, The Sympathizer, winner of last year's Pulitzer Prize, revisited the conflict that changed the trajectory of his life and inserted a much-needed Vietnamese perspective to the largely American-driven narrative.

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    44 min
  • The ever introspective Mary Louise Parker
    Sometimes, rarely, you meet someone whose energy radiates and fills the whole room. Mary Louise Parker is that person. She joins Angie to discuss her gorgeous first book, Dear Mr. You.

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    1 hr 8 min

About Lit Up

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Join host Angela Ledgerwood as she chats to the authors she loves most about books, life, and what lights them up.

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