Weike Wang on JOAN IS OKAY
\u201c\u2026So much of American media is,\xa0As long as we have each other, it\xa0doesn't matter what happens, we're going to be fine.\xa0I don't always think that's true. Circumstances can really tear families apart. But, you know, I'm not going to write\xa0Succession.\u201d Weike Wang follows up her acclaimed debut novel,\xa0Chemistry, with the deadpan, darkly comic Joan is Okay. She joins us on the show to talk about how (and why) work becomes home for Joan, family and grief and William Faulkner, the horror of Mickey Rooney\u2019s yellowface performance in\xa0Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s, and much more.\xa0 Featured books:\xa0Joan is Okay\xa0and\xa0Chemistry\xa0by Weike Wang,\xa0Convenience Store Woman\xa0by Sayata Murata,\xa0The Stranger\xa0by Albert Camus,\xa0As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner,\xa0Empire of Pain\xa0by Patrick Radden Keefe, and\xa0The Art of Revision\xa0by Peter Ho Davies. Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).