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Boots!

Where would we be without boos?

Where would we be without good?

No, Timberd.

It's a rhetorical question, sir,

but where would we need without books?

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Michael Silverblatt, and this is Bookworm. Today, my guest is Chris Lee.

This is her first book. It's a book of short stories. It's called Drifting House, and it's published by Viking.

And I wanted to say that, you know, if I have any judgment at all,

this book is the book, the first book of an extraordinary writer.

I'm looking forward to her work. Among the things that I can tell

about it is that the author began by writing poetry, that she is a voice of a new kind of writing

existence in the world. She was born in Saul and raised in California.

She was educated all over the country and then in England

and decided to move back to Saul.

And as such, it's a new generation of people that are choosing to return to their culture of origin.

And I wondered if we could begin by talking about that decision a little bit.

First of all, thank you for having me on this program. I'm so happy to be here. by talking about that decision a little bit.

First of all, thank you for having me on this program.

I'm so happy to be here.

I'm happy that you're here, too.

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