Michael Luo on STRANGERS IN THE LAND

Strangers in the Land by Michael Luo is a gripping history of Chinese immigrants in America, from the nineteenth century to modern times. Michael joins us to talk about researching archives, the Chinese Exclusion Act, writing narrative nonfiction, working as a journalist and more with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

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Featured Books (Episode):
Strangers in the Land by Michael Luo
The Cycles of American History by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Wager by David Grann
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan