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Live Wire with Luke BurbankDanez Smith, Rachel Khong, and Danielia Cotton (REBROADCAST)Acclaimed author Rachel Khong explores the themes in her newest novel Real Americans, including what it means to bridge cultural and generational divides within families; superstar poet Danez Smith reads from their latest collection Bluff and tells us what poetry can and cannot accomplish; and singer-songwriter Danielia Cotton chats about her tribute album to Black country star Charley Pride, before performing her own track "Bring Out the Country (In Me)."2025-05-3052 min
The Archive ProjectFirst Generation Food: Kristina Cho, Jolyn Chen & Louis LinThis week we have a conversation from the 2024 Portland Book Festival on first-generation American food: cooking that combines tradition and lineage with evolution and personal stories. The conversation features a cookbook author and home chef, restaurant co-owners, and a writer and food editor.
We’ll hear from Kristina Cho, author of the cookbook Chinese Enough, which blends the flavors of traditional Cantonese cooking with California ingredients, reflecting her current home, and a midwestern sensibility drawn from her upbringing in Ohio. Kristina is joined by Jolyn Chen and Louis Lin, co-owners of the Portland restaurant Xiao Ye, which bil...2025-05-1256 minThe Archive ProjectFirst Generation Food: Kristina Cho, Jolyn Chen & Louis LinThis week we have a conversation from the 2024 Portland Book Festival on first-generation American food: cooking that combines tradition and lineage with evolution and personal stories. The conversation features a cookbook author and home chef, restaurant co-owners, and a writer and food editor.
We’ll hear from Kristina Cho, author of the cookbook Chinese Enough, which blends the flavors of traditional Cantonese cooking with California ingredients, reflecting her current home, and a midwestern sensibility drawn from her upbringing in Ohio. Kristina is joined by Jolyn Chen and Louis Lin, co-owners of the Portland restaurant Xiao Ye, which bil...2025-05-1256 min
7amRead This: The Real Rachel KhongIn 2017, Rachel Khong released her debut novel Goodbye, Vitamin to critical acclaim. In 2024, she followed it with her second novel, a sweeping family saga spanning five decades. Real Americans is a fascinating exploration of what makes us who we are and challenges some of the corrosive myths that underpin America. In this episode of Read This, Michael chats with Rachel about her new book and she shares her thoughts on luck, science, and the ultimate unknowability of each other and sometimes, even ourselves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-02-1529 min
Live Wire with Luke BurbankRachel Khong, Danez Smith, and Danielia CottonAcclaimed author Rachel Khong explores the themes in her newest novel Real Americans, including what it means to bridge cultural and generational divides within families; superstar poet Danez Smith reads from their latest collection Bluff and tells us what poetry can and cannot accomplish; and singer-songwriter Danielia Cotton chats about her tribute album to Black country star Charley Pride, before performing her own track "Bring Out the Country in Me."2025-02-1452 min
Read ThisThe Real Rachel KhongIn 2017, Rachel Khong released her debut novel Goodbye, Vitamin to critical acclaim. In 2024, she followed it with her second novel, a sweeping family saga spanning five decades. Real Americans is a fascinating exploration of what makes us who we are and challenges some of the corrosive myths that underpin America. This week, Michael chats with Rachel about her new book and she shares her thoughts on luck, science, and the ultimate unknowability of each other and sometimes, even ourselves. Reading list: Goodbye, Vitamin, Rachel Khong, 2017 Real Americans, Rachel Khong, 2024 ...2025-02-0529 min
Voices in the RiverSitting in the Mystery with Rachel KhongRachel Khong’s 2024 novel Real Americans is a gorgeous and sweeping portrayal of an American immigrant family. It is also, in a sense, a novel about magick, about what it means to stop time, and about connections that reverberate across generations. Joining Rebecca as a voice in the river, Rachel explains her use of intuition in facing the blank page and her use of prayer in facing publicity, as well as how she relates to her ancestral past. Learn more about Rachel on her website.This independent show is a d...2025-01-2935 min
Giuliana-Mino(PDF READ) Real Americans BY Rachel Khong in Englishstart Reading or Download ebook Real Americans Written by Rachel Khong EPub Visit Link Bellow You Can Download or Read Book online for free Get Book Here 👉 https://pagebooklibs.blogspot.com/id/B0CBWNHQ9Z Available versions: EPUB, PDF, MOBI, DOC, Kindle, Audiobook, etc. Summary : READ WITH JENNA?S MAY BOOK CLUB PICK ? A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK ? From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our...2024-11-2400 min
The Foxed PageREPOST: Rachel Khong's GOODBYE, VITAMIN >> You've seen REAL AMERICANS on every bookstore front table lately? That's because Khong is SO GOOD. Listen in to hear what makes Khong's work so approachable, smart and deeply affecting.Kimberly loved GOODBYE, VITAMIN so much that she's elated to see Khong's latest getting so much attention. Until Kimberly works through her stack and gets to REAL AMERICANS, listen in to this 30-minute intro to Khong's bio, her prose, and all the ways that the opening page of GOODBYE will help you more fully appreciate her insanely great work.2024-08-1533 min
Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri MillerRachel Khong’s ‘Real Americans’Lily Chen is not endowed with good fortune — despite the fact that her scientist mother managed to grow a backyard of four-leaf clovers. She doesn’t win raffles or lotteries. She scrapes out a meager living as an unpaid intern with the hopes that it might give her a shot at an entry-level gig.In short: Not lucky.But then a chance encounter upends her life and changes her idea of what fortune really is.Rachel Khong’s new book, “Real Americans,” is already a New York Times bestseller and one of the...2024-07-1250 min
Infatu Asian PodcastEp 135 Rachel Khong - Author of Real AmericansIf you’re looking for a summer read, look no further! Real Americans by Rachel Khong is like getting 3 books in one, it spans over 50 years and several countries from the perspective of 3 generations of a Chinese family. It asks the question, who and what determines who you are and what life you get to live?
Rachel was a complete joy to speak with, she’s currently based in LA but spent many years here in San Francisco editing the iconic food magazine Lucky Peach 2011-2016). She also founded a workspace for female and non-binary writers in the M...2024-07-1055 min
The Book CaseRachel Khong Asks, 'Who Is A Real American?'The Magician’s Hat by Malcolm MitchellThis week we talk to Rachel Khong. Her new novel, Real Americans, asks probing questions about the reality of America’s “melting pot” mythology, and is also being a mysterious and compulsively readable family saga. We also talk to Judy Newman, Chief Impact Officer at Scholastic, in our continuing discussions on the importance of getting children to read. We hope you will join us.
Books mentioned in this week's podcast
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
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Selected ShortsMiracle GrowHost Meg Wolitzer presents two works about growth helped along by some sort of fantastical assistance. The characters in these pieces are stuck—and consciously or not, they're looking for something to give them just a little push. And that nudge comes in the form of magic. In “Isabella’s Garden,” by Naomi Kritzer, a backyard nature site presents a young family with a new world of fertility. The reader is Jane Kaczmarek. In “My Dear You,” by Rachel Khong, performed by Annie Q, the afterlife provides a perfect platform for questions about love, commitment, and the meaning of forever. After the re...2024-07-0456 min
Memoir NationHow Big Questions Inform Fiction, featuring Rachel KhongThis week’s Write-minded centers questions, and how questions guide writers, drive fiction, and unearth important stories. Guest Rachel Khong shares how the big and provocative question of who’s a “real American” informed her new novel and why she writes without an outline. We also talk about ambition and drive, why novelists have to grapple with people speculating what in their fiction is “real,” and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-07-0143 min
What Ya Reading?28. Reading From Monthly TBR Lists + Creating Bookish PlaylistsIn today's episode, Jay is chatting with fellow Bookstagrammer Tori from @readnoted. They're talking about the inspiration behind Tori's monthly themed TBR (to be read) list, how she selects books to focus on, and her self-proclaimed title as a Literary Hype Girl. They also discuss the intention behind Tori's monthly newsletter, which includes reading recommendations and book-themed playlists. What we talked about: Episode intro + housekeeping 00:00 Guest intro and current reads 2:33 Planning monthly TBR lists 20:58 Curating monthly bookish playlists 30:44 Listening to music as you read 33:29 Favorite reading playlists 37:57 Go to reading genre 42:24 Being a literary h...2024-06-171h 16
Burned By BooksRachel Khong, "Real Americans" (Knopf, 2024)Real Americans (Knopf, 2024) begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao's Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives w...2024-06-1746 min
New Books in LiteratureRachel Khong, "Real Americans" (Knopf, 2024)Real Americans (Knopf, 2024) begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao's Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives w...2024-06-1746 min
New Books in Asian American StudiesRachel Khong, "Real Americans" (Knopf, 2024)Real Americans (Knopf, 2024) begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao's Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives w...2024-06-1746 min
LA Review of BooksRachel Khong on What Makes a Real AmericanRachel Khong joins Eric Newman to discuss her latest novel, Real Americans. Divided into three parts that each trace the experiences of different generations of a Chinese American family, the book delves into the thickets of identity, exploring how cultural strictures and the chaos of love shape our reality. The first section, set in 1999, recounts the romance between Lily, a second generation Chinese American media intern in New York, and Matthew, the WASPy private equity investor of the company where she struggles to eke out a living. The second section transports us to Seattle in 2021, where Lily's son, Nick, is...2024-06-0754 min
LARB Radio HourRachel Khong on What Makes a Real AmericanRachel Khong joins Eric Newman to discuss her latest novel, Real Americans. Divided into three parts that each trace the experiences of different generations of a Chinese American family, the book delves into the thickets of identity, exploring how cultural strictures and the chaos of love shape our reality. The first section, set in 1999, recounts the romance between Lily, a second generation Chinese American media intern in New York, and Matthew, the WASPy private equity investor of the company where she struggles to eke out a living. The second section transports us to Seattle in 2021, where Lily's son, Nick...2024-06-0754 min
Little AtomsLittle Atoms 899 - Rachel Khong's Real AmericansRachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR; O, The Oprah Magazine; Vogue; and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, andTin House. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and non-binary writers and artists in San Francisco's Mission District. On today’s show she talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Real Americans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...2024-05-3127 min
The Epicurean Vagabonds present Aesthetic ArrestAesthetic Arrest Podcast: Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., Beth Gibbons, Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, and The Express Way with Dulé HillPlus Isamu Noguchi, Yone Noguchi, Rachel Khong, Clarissa Munger Badger & Mango Shrikhand!This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Summer Sangria! (red wine, brandy, cherries, mango pits/seeds with pulp, oranges, lemon, peach juice, cinnamon, clove, star anise, simple syrup)Reading: Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) & Real Americans by Rachel Khong Listening: Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons & Ballaké Sissoko & Derek...2024-05-2553 min
Saturday Morning with Jack TameCatherine Raynes: Real Americans and Think TwiceReal Americans by Rachel Khong Real Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love. In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolat...2024-05-2504 min
KQED's ForumRachel Khong’s Novel ‘Real Americans’ Questions the Limits of IdentityWhat it means to be American and who gets to claim that identity are questions that animate Rachel Khong’s newest novel “Real Americans.” The book follows three generations of a Chinese American family, and grapples with not just race, but class and genetic identity. Khong is a former editor of the food magazine “Lucky Peach” and the founder of The Ruby, a work and event space in the Mission for women and nonbinary writers. We talk to Khong about her book and work.Guests:Rachel Khong, author, "Real Americans"...2024-05-2455 min
LongformEpisode 580: Rachel KhongRachel Khong is a journalist and author whose latest novel is Real Americans.“It's about the ways in which we miss each other as human beings and can't fully communicate what it is like to be ourselves. … And I think that's what makes it so interesting to me, to work on a novel and to spend so much time trying to get down on the page what it feels like to be a human being who's alive. … I think the effort itself is what human relationships are.”Show notes:
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01:00 Real Americans (Knopf • 2024)
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Book of the Month LiveRachel Khong on what it means to be a real American.The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app! On this week's episode, we sit down with Rachel Khong to discuss her new novel, Real Americans. We had so much fun asking the big questions like, “what do we inherit from our families and their histories,” and what it means to be a “real American.” Real Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City when Lily Chen meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not, but despite the differences, they fall in love. In 2021...2024-05-1427 min
The Hatchards PodcastRachel Khong on Real Americans: Mao, Memory, and Multigenerational TraumaOn this episode, we were joined by Rachel Khong, author of the New York Times bestseller Real Americans – a multigenerational story about a Chinese American family that is three great novels wrapped into one. The novel begins in New York City just before the attacks on September 11th when an unpaid intern with immigrant parents meets and falls in love with a blue-blooded stranger who is heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. As the story moves back and forth in time – from China’s cultural revolution of the 1960s to Silicon Valley in 2030 – our perspective shifts between t...2024-05-1435 min
NPR's Book of the DayRachel Khong's new novel explores who gets to be 'Real Americans'Real Americans, the new novel by Rachel Khong, spans generations and decades within a family to understand the ongoing struggle to make sense of race, class and identity in the United States. Like with any family story, there are secrets and confrontations and difficult conversations, too; that desire to fill in the gaps about where we come from and how it has shaped our lineage is at the center of today's interview with Khong and NPR's Juana Summers. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+...2024-05-1308 min
Poured OverRachel Khong on REAL AMERICANSRachel Khong’s Real Americans is a family story that weaves class and race with forgiveness and identity in a story with rich and warm characters. Khong joined us live at The Grove to talk about heritage and culture in writing, nostalgia and memory, community building and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Real Americans by Rachel Khong Goodbye, Vitamin by Rache2024-05-0940 min
The BookshelfColm Tóibín's long awaited sequel to BrooklynCassie and Jonathan Green discuss Colm Tóibín's eagerly awaited new novel Long Island. Star reviewers Madeleine Gray and Benjamin Law discuss buzzy new fiction from Siang Lu (Ghost Cities), and Rachel Khong (Real Americans). BOOKSLong Island, Colm Toibin (Pan Macmillan)Ghost Cities, Siang Lu (UQP)Real Americans, Rachel Khong (Penguin)GUESTSBenjamin Law, writer, columnist, screenwriter. His work includes The Family Law and WellmaniaMadeleine Gray, arts writer, critic and PhD candidate in English Literature. Her debut novel is Green Dot...2024-05-031h 00
First EditionConnection, The Alchemy of Happiness, and Office Parties with Rachel Khong, author of REAL AMERICANSIn this episode, Jeff talks with Rachel Khong about her new novel, Real Americans. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-0248 min
Gays Reading | A Book Podcast for EveryoneRachel Khong (Real Americans)In their 50th episode, Jason and Brett talk to Rachel Khong (Real Americans) about cooking eggs, mugwort baths, growing into the person who could write this book, and how friction allows for change. Rachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction, and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR; O, The Oprah Magazine; Vogue; and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, and Tin House. In 2018...2024-04-3043 min