“I think I just really wanted to show a version of the city that we don’t see as often in popular culture.” In this live episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Jade Chang discusses the nuances of writing about Los Angeles in her latest novel, What a Time to Be Alive (Ecco, 2025). Read Chang’s installation of our Ten Questions series.
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