Paul Beatty on The Sellout

Audio file
Date
2016-02-28
Personal name
Interviewer: Wachtel, Eleanor
Interviewee: Beatty, Paul
Corporate name
Description

From New York City, American novelist and poet Paul Beatty speaks with Eleanor Wachtel about his latest book, The Sellout. It was described by The New York Times as last year's most cheerfully outrageous satire, while The Guardian calls Beatty "the funniest writer in America."

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (51 min., 13 sec.))
Location
New York (N.Y.)
Toronto (Ont.)
Subject (Geographic)
Genre
Discussion
Literary readings
Interviews
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Identifier
WritersAndCo-2016-02-28
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