Joumana Khatib
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1,079 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 4 Sep
Joumana Khatib’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, because MJ sits behind me and I'm just sort of like, hey, have you guys heard about American Han?
And everybody's like, yeah, from you, you freak.
It's so good.
This is a debut novel.
This has been an amazing year for debuts.
I will admit this is the first time in recent memory that a blurb has gotten me to pick up a book because Percival Everett blurbed this book and I was like, oh, he says it's good.
It's got to be good.
Turns out Lisa Lee studied with Percival when she was doing her PhD in creative literature, which is how you know she's kind of insane, because nobody gets a PhD in creative literature.
The book follows a Korean-American woman named Jane.
We meet her when she's in law school.
She's living in San Francisco.
She grew up in Napa Valley.
Her brother's a cop.
Her parents are getting divorced.
But...
Lisa Lee has comedic timing.
She has emotional insight.
She's able to stage scenes in such a beautiful way.
There are all sorts of contemporary issues about police brutality and anti-Asian hate.
And I just, I can't say enough good things about this book.
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