Alan Cheuse: 'Song of Slaves in the Desert'

Michael Krasny

Jul 5, 2011 at

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Though perhaps best known as NPR’s book critic extraordinaire, Alan Cheuse is also a novelist. His latest book “Song of Slaves in the Desert” grapples with the legacy of slavery in the U.S. Cheuse joins us to discuss the novel and to talk about what it’s like being both author and critic.

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Alan Cheuse, author and book critic for NPR's All Things Considered

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