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“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin and Rogé Karma fact-checking by Michelle Harris, Rollin Hu, Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair original music by Isaac Jones and Pat McCusker mixing by Pat McCusker audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at /ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at. “The Pity of the Elites” by Jay Caspian Kang “White Fever Dreams” by Roxane Gay in Gay Magazine It’s that we treat it as inherent because we can’t separate out parts of ourselves.” “It’s not that we divorce identity from the conversation. “I don’t think it’s that complicated,” Roxane says. In their work, both have thought deeply about the thorny issues of writing across identities - including what makes work authentic, the pressure of representation for writers of color and the roles social media and the publishing industry play in literary criticism. To discuss, Jane Coaston is joined by the Opinion writers Roxane Gay and Jay Caspian Kang. Artists’ job is to imagine and create, but what do we do when they get it wrong? In recent years, book written by white authors like “American Dirt” and “The Help" have been criticized for their portrayals of characters of color. Today we're bringing you an episode from our friends at The Argument, about cultural appropriation in creative work. Whether you're just launching your adult life or finally giving yourself permission to question what adulthood even is, you'll learn practical strategies to build a future that fits you. And if you'd like to learn more from Julie, you can enroll in her new TED Course, which builds off the ideas from her book.
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After the talk, stick around for a discussion on how you can be a grown-up, too, as Elise and Julie discuss her new book, "Your Turn: How to Be an Adult." This episode is part of the TED Talks Daily summer book club, a series featuring talks and interviews to inspire your next great read. Instead, she says, they should focus on providing the oldest idea of all: unconditional love. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children's success via grades and test scores. At least, that's how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping.