Video: Jennifer Egan on the Political Power of Writing

Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winning author and president of PEN America, spoke with author Aleksandar Hemon (The Lazarus Project) about the political power of writing and the spread of "fake news."

Writing in Exile: A Conversation with Jennifer Egan and Aleksandar Hemon

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