Tom's guest is the award-winning author Chang-rae Lee.  He is the author of six novels.  His first, Native Speaker, earned the 1996 Hemingway Foundation/Pen Award for First Fiction.  The Surrendered, which he published in 2008, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.  A subsequent novel, On Such a Full Sea, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the winner of the 2015 Heartland Fiction Prize...

The Korean-American writer's latest novel is a stunning, wild tale whose protagonist is a 20-year-old, somewhat aimless college student from New Jersey named Tiller Bardmon.  The book is a collection of Tiller’s reflections on the relationships he has with a charismatic businessman, and later, a young mother and her son.   It’s called My Year Abroad.

Chang-rae Lee is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor of Creative Writing at Stanford University in California.  He joins us today on Zoom...  

Tom's guest is the award-winning author&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318762/my-year-abroad-by-chang-rae-lee/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318762/my-year-abroad-by-chang-rae-lee/">Chang-rae Lee</a>.&nbsp; He is the author of six novels.&nbsp; His first,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Native-Speaker-Chang-rae-Lee/dp/1573225312/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1R61U7E6HNZXE&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=native+speaker+chang+rae+lee&amp;qid=1613752992&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=native+Speaker+Chang%2Cstripbooks%2C156&amp;sr=1-2" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.amazon.com/Native-Speaker-Chang-rae-Lee/dp/1573225312/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1R61U7E6HNZXE&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=native+speaker+chang+rae+lee&amp;qid=1613752992&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=native+Speaker+Chang%2Cstripbooks%2C156&amp;sr=1-2">Native Speaker</a>, earned the&nbsp;1996 Hemingway Foundation/Pen Award for First Fiction.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/291526/the-surrendered-by-chang-rae-lee/9781594485015/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/291526/the-surrendered-by-chang-rae-lee/9781594485015/">The Surrendered</a>, which he published in 2008, was a finalist for the&nbsp;Pulitzer Prize.&nbsp; A subsequent novel,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311616/on-such-a-full-sea-by-chang-rae-lee/9781594632891/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311616/on-such-a-full-sea-by-chang-rae-lee/9781594632891/">On Such a Full Sea</a>,&nbsp;was a finalist for the&nbsp;National Book Critics Circle Award, and the winner of the&nbsp;2015&nbsp;Heartland Fiction Prize...
The Korean-American writer's latest novel is a stunning, wild tale whose protagonist is a 20-year-old, somewhat aimless college student from New Jersey named Tiller Bardmon.&nbsp; The book is a collection of Tiller&rsquo;s reflections on the relationships he has with a charismatic businessman, and later, a young mother and her son.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s called&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318762/my-year-abroad-by-chang-rae-lee/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318762/my-year-abroad-by-chang-rae-lee/">My Year Abroad.</a>
Chang-rae Lee&nbsp;is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor of Creative Writing at&nbsp;Stanford University&nbsp;in California.&nbsp; He joins us today on Zoom...&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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