Late Night Lit: Meena Harris & Karen Russell
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.5 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of Late Night Lit, Late Night supervising producer Sarah Jenks-Daly speaks with Meena Harris, an entrepreneur, lawyer, founder of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign and author of "Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea," a children's book about her aunt Kamala Harris and her mother Maya Harris.
Then, she speaks with Karen Russell, a Pulitzer finalist and author of the novella "Sleep Donation."
Plus, hear some book recommendations from members of the Late Night staff.
Mentioned in this episode:
"Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou
"Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea" by Meena Harris
"Hair Love" by Matthew Cherry
Author Mac Barnett
"Sleep Donation" by Karen Russell
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez
Author Italo Calvino
"In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida" by Kent Russell
"Dance on Saturday: Stories" by Elwin Cotman
"I Hold a Wolf by the Ears" by Laura van den Berg
"I Know Everything" by Matthew Farrell
"The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson" by Robert Hofler
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah Hagi, co-host of Wunderies Podcasts, |
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| 0:43.2 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:43.8 | Seth Meyers here. |
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| 0:47.0 | our podcast celebrating books and authors. |
| 0:49.7 | As we head into the fall, |
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