Hilton Als on "White Girls"

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Hilton Als
The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 20, 2013

Hilton Als, staff writer at The New Yorker, blogger, and author of White Girls (McSweeny's, 2013), discusses his new book of essays and why the title encompasses not only Flannery O'Connor and Louise Brooks, but also Truman Capote and Michael Jackson.

 

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