Episode Summary
Gilmore's Golden Country vividly brings to life the intertwining stories of three immigrants seeking their fortunes. In Freudenberger's The Dissident, a performance artist/political activist collides with a wealthy Beverly Hills family. In these extraordinary first novels, family dynamics and cultures in collision are limned with hilarity and wisdom.
Participant(s) Bio
Nell Freudenberger was awarded the 2005 Whiting Writer's Award. In addition to the PEN/Faulkner Award for excellence in short fiction, she has received the O. Henry Award for short fiction, and the Sue Kaufman Prize for first fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Lucky Girls was named a best/notable book of 2003 by the New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR's "Fresh Air," Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and New York Newsday, and was a BookSense 76 pick. She lives in New York City.
Jennifer Gilmore's work has appeared in magazines, jourÂnals, and anthologies, including the New York Times Magazine, Allure, Nerve, and Salon. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her debut novel, A Golden Country, vividly brings to life the intertwining stories of three immigrants seeking their fortunes. It was both a 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist as well as a National Jewish Book Award Finalist.
Jennifer Gilmore's work has appeared in magazines, jourÂnals, and anthologies, including the New York Times Magazine, Allure, Nerve, and Salon. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her debut novel, A Golden Country, vividly brings to life the intertwining stories of three immigrants seeking their fortunes. It was both a 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist as well as a National Jewish Book Award Finalist.
Credits
ALOUD audio is presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and made possible through support provided by The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Righteous Persons Foundation, City National Bank, K&L Gates, KPMG, Sue and David Rosenblum, Wallis Foundation, Donna and Martin J. Wolff and The Boudjakdji Foundation. Additional support provided by The Council of the Library Foundation, Library Foundation members, and the Los Angeles Public Library. Media support provided by KPPC 83.9 FM and KUSC 91.5 FM. ALOUD theme composed by Larry Karush.