Kin
Tayari Jones and Brian discuss Kin, family bonds, inheritance, and the connections readers bring to a novel.
What do we owe the people who made us? This week on Shelf Care Society , I sit down with Tayari Jones to talk about her stunning new novel, Kin , an Oprah's Book Club selection. Tayari has a way of writing families that feel both intimate and expansive. In Kin , she turns her attention to legacy and inheritance through the lives of two girls, Niecy and Annie, and the bond that connects them across time. I take a shot at providing an overview of Kin— and Tayari reacts! We discuss what it means for a novel like Kin to resonate at this moment, and why stories about family, history, and inheritance continue to find us exactly when we need them.
R.F. Kuang on Writing Her Latest Novel, "Taipei Story," Reclaiming Language, & Finding Home
Taipei Story
R.F. Kuang joins Brian for a conversation about Taipei Story, language, diaspora, and the complicated feeling of belonging.
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André Aciman on Elio, Oliver, and Returning to "Call Me By Your Name"
Call Me By Your Name: The Graphic Novel
André Aciman and Brian revisit Elio and Oliver through the graphic-novel adaptation of Call Me By Your Name.
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Kerry Docherty on "Selfish" & The Permission to Want More
Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth
Kerry Docherty and Brian explore ambition, marriage, self-worth, and the courage to tell the truth about what you want.
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