
Claudia Rankine's "Triage"
Claudia Rankine joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her new book, Triage. It follows the lifelong friendship between its narrator and someone she refers to as the "theorist." The two meet in college and begin

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The Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour is a weekly show featuring interviews, readings and discussions about all things literary. Hosted by LARB Editors-at-Large Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman.
Los Angeles Review of Books hosts LARB Radio Hour, a arts show with 100 episodes published.

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Eric Newman
founder and Chief Play Officer · Roc Solid Foundation
2 appearances on this show
Kimberle Crenshaw
scholar and author · African American Policy Forum
1 appearance on this show
MJ Corey
writer, psychotherapist, podcast host, creator of The Kardashian Kolloquium
1 appearance on this show
Christian Miller
A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy · Wake Forest University
1 appearance on this show
Suzy Hansen
1 appearance on this show
Hugh Ryan
Queer writer and historian
1 appearance on this show
Patrick Radden Keefe
author and New Yorker staff writer · The New York Times
1 appearance on this show
Namwali Serpell
award-winning writer, professor, and author · Harvard University
1 appearance on this show
Annie Berke
LARB Film Editors
1 appearance on this show
Devika Girish
Film Comment
1 appearance on this show
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