American Fictions with Mitchell S. Jackson and Omar El Akkad
Jul 22, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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Episode description
In this episode, we discuss the fictions, myths, and hopes that the United States of America produces and depends on. We spoke with Mitchell S. Jackson, author of The Residue Years and Survival Math, about the dream of homeownership and all it contains, and Omar El Akkad, author of American War and What Strange Paradise, about the self-evident truths we claim to hold within this nation's borders.
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