In this episode of the Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky podcast, Chang-rae Lee talks about his latest novel, A Tender Age (Riverhead Books, 2026), his choice to leave a career in finance in order to become a writer, and his experience writing the screenplay for the film adaptation of C Pam Zhang’s novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold, directed by Ang Lee.
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