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Bryan Washington Discovered He Was on Obama’s Favorite Books List at a Boba Shop

CLIP10/28/20
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Bryan Washington discusses the inspiration for his new novel Memorial, opens up about receiving feedback from friends and collaborators and explains how he learned to write narratives from renting movies at Blockbuster. 

Available until 10/29/21
Appearing:Seth Meyers
Tags: late night, Seth Meyers, Bryan Washington, discovered, obama, Favorite Books List, Boba Shop
S8 E207 minInterviewTalk and InterviewLate Night
2020-2021

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