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'The Orphan Master's Son'
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Colin Jost

Terry Gross talks with Colin Jost, a head writer for Saturday Night Live and co-anchor of Weekend Update. He’s written a new memoir called “A Very Punchable Face.” They talk about everything from his childhood, when he was unable to put thoughts into words, to the intentionally tasteless jokes that Michael Che has written for him on Weekend Update.see more
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Terry Gross talks with Colin Jost, a head writer for Saturday Night Live and co-anchor of Weekend Update. He’s written a new memoir called “A Very Punchable Face.” They talk about everything from his childhood, when he was unable to put thoughts into words, to the intentionally tasteless jokes that Michael Che has written for him on Weekend Update.see more
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'The Orphan Master's Son'

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The New York Times calls Adam Johnson's new novel "The Orphan Master's Son" "daring and remarkable" for the extraordinary lens it provides on life in North Korea. The detail in Johnson's novel results from his travels there in 2007. He joins us in the studio.

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Adam Johnson, author and associate professor of English at Stanford University

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