Aparna Nancherla on finding her voice
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On The Thread podcast, books are just the beginning. Host Kerri Miller talks with comedians, scientists and other big thinkers about how books and reading have shaped their lives.
Aparna Nancherla has made a career out of telling jokes on stage and writing for comedians like Seth Meyers. But when it comes to literature, Aparna says her taste run toward the serious.
She spoke with Kerri Miller about Hanya Yanagihara's novel, "A Little Life," and the fact that spending all day crafting witty one-liners leaves her looking for escape in the kind of literature that many other readers view as hard work.
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