Zadie Smith

Studio 360

Kurt Andersen talks with literary superstar Zadie Smith. Smith’s debut White Teeth, published when she was just 24, tells a complex and vivid story of two London families over 18 years. Her new novel On Beauty tackles racial, ethnic, and class identity with humor and intensity.

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