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Podcast: Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
Episode: R.O. Kwon : The Incendiaries
Description: “Every explosive requires a fuse. That’s R. O. Kwon’s novel, a straight, slow-burning fuse. To read her novel is to follow an inexorable flame coming closer & closer to the object it will detonate—the characters, the crime, the story, &, ultimately, the reader.”—Viet Thanh Nguyen
“Kwon’s multi-faceted narrative portrays America’s dark, radical strain, exploring the lure of fundamentalism, our ability to be manipulated, and what can happen when we’re willing to do anything for a cause.” —Atlantic.com
“A God-haunted, willful, strange book written with a kind of savage elegance. I’ve said it before, but no...