On this episode of Arts & Letters, we talk with novelist Luis Urrea The House of Broken Angels , published by Little Brown, is a meditation on life and death. Two brothers, Big Angel and Little Angel grapple with "the duties of those who grow old together and share the same grave had not been fulfilled" (from poet Issa ). Urrea says, "Big Angel was late to his own mother's funeral. What kind of Mexican did that?" This episode will air Friday May 11 at 7 pm (CST) and Sunday May 13 at 9 pm