Chang-Rae Lee

Chang-Rae Lee was on the Leonard Lopate Show to discuss his latest novel, On Such a Full Sea. He also told us about what he's listening to and his favorite comfort food, which sounds perfect for a cold winter day. 

His new novel describes a future where a long-declining America is strictly stratified by class, and abandoned urban neighborhoods have become high-walled, self-contained labor colonies.

In anticipation of Baz Lurhmann’s “The Great Gatsby” opening in theaters this weekend, novelists Chang-Rae Lee, Jeffrey Eugenides and Nell Freudenberger discuss the novel's influence ...

We've been talking with influential Americans all week about what patriotism and America means to them in a new series "My America." Today’s guest is the Pulitzer Prize-nominated novelist Chang-Rae Lee.

Chang-Rae Lee discusses his latest novel The Surrendered. Lee weaves together a story of three people in the aftermath of the Korean War, and he weaves a profound meditation on the nature of heroism and sacrifice, the power of love, and the possibilities for mercy, salvation, and surrendering oneself to another.