How To Host Guests, Criterion's 'Asian American '80s', Kwame Alexander's Memoir, R.F. Kuang's New Novel
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Recent AAA booking data shows tourist hotspots such as Orlando, Las Vegas and New York City are among some of the top destinations for Memorial Day weekend. In preparation for the holiday, we talk about the do's and don'ts for hosting overnight guests and staying at someone else's place. Judge John Hodgman host John Hodgman and co-host and producer Jesse Thorn join us to provide tips and take your calls.
The 1980s was the decade when many Asian American filmmakers began to come into their own, and started releasing feature films in Hollywood. A new series from the Criterion Channel spotlights those films. Brian Hu, artistic director of the Pacific Arts Movement, lead programmer of the San Diego Asian Film Festival and associate professor of Television, Film, and New Media at San Diego State University, curated the series, titled "Asian American '80s." He joins us to discuss, and take listener calls.
Newbery-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander is a beloved children's book author, but now he is sharing more of his life and story with adult readers. Alexander joins us to discuss his new memoir, Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances, which tells the story of his parents, and his own journey as a father.
EVENT: Alexander will be in conversation with Christine Platt at 92NY tomorrow at 6:30.
R.F. Kuang has made a name for herself as a beloved fantasy writer, but now she has turned to realistic fiction for her latest novel, Yellowface. The story follows a young, white novelist who decides to steal her dead Asian friend's manuscript, and pass herself off as an Asian writer. Kuang joins us to discuss.
