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Claudia Rankine in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing her book, “Just Us: An American Conversation.“The talk was held on September 21, 2020 and was taped from the Live Talks Los Angeles studios. For more information on Live Talks Los Angeles -- upcoming events, videos and podcast -- visit livetalksla.org and subscribe to this podcast.

Best-selling novelist R.O. Kwon’s New York Times essay about grief in times of uncertainty was the inspiration for this conversation. In an emotionally profound exchange, she is joined by Pulitzer Prize winners Anthony Doerr, whose novel All the Light We Cannot See illuminates the ways people try to be good to one another; and Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose The Sympathizer captures the ambivalence and humanity of “a man of two minds.” Moderated by Danielle Evans.