White Ivy | Susie Yang | A Word on Words | NPT

A WORD ON WORDS, Nashville Public Television’s Emmy Award-winning reboot of its classic series, is a collection of three-minute interviews about books and other literary topics. Filmed in locations around Middle Tennessee, the series continues a tradition established by legendary journalist John Seigenthaler for more than 40 years.

Season 6 Episode 4 | 2m 29s | CC

“I decided very early on that I wanted to write an antihero character. There was such a tradition of strong personalitied men going to great lengths to achieve something, even doing really horrible things. So I really wanted to show a female character and how she would bring about her own downfall.” Author Susie Yang talks to host J.T. Ellison about WHITE IVY on NPT’s A WORD ON WORDS.

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