{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/6ace60416203da9f2810a853?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"769: From Lucky Peach to the New York Times Bestseller List with Rachel Khong","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/a95b78027acbb81662abe16ee72ea46a.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Rachel Khong</strong> is the former executive editor of<em> Lucky Peach</em> and the author of <em>Goodbye, Vitamin</em> and the New York Times Best Seller <em>Real Americans</em>. Her new short story collection,<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/My-Dear-You-Rachel-Khong/dp/0593803698\"> <em>My Dear You</em></a>, is her strangest and most daring work yet: ten surreal, funny, and deeply felt stories about identity, love, memory, and what happens after you die. In this episode, we talk about the legacy of <em>Lucky Peach</em>, Rachel’s research process for writing fiction, and why the short story can hold what the novel can’t.</p>\n<p><em><strong>Subscribe to This Is TASTE</strong></em><em>:</em><em><strong> </strong></em><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taste-podcast/id1393739959?mt=2\">⁠⁠<em>Apple Podcasts</em>⁠⁠</a><em>, </em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/3LsLXfnYt6Ugml415hyUfh?si=MRMn32W-S5i9HktfZ_eBIg\">⁠⁠<em>Spotify</em>⁠⁠</a><em>, </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ThisIsTASTE\">⁠⁠<em>YouTube</em>⁠⁠</a><em> </em></p><p> </p>","author_name":"Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel"}