Jennifer Morrison sits down with author Alexandra Kleeman. Having missed the NYPL Young Lions Award Ceremony to teach a class, Alexandra discusses having to survive a blackout over several days at the college with her students, an eerie introduction to discussing her novel, Something New Under the Sun. One of the “best books” of The New York Times Book Review, Time, and Los Angeles Times, Alexandra's novel transports us to the not-too-distant future where we follow Patrick, a novelist, to Hollywood to oversee the film adaptation of his book. Void of the glamour he expected with drought, wildfires and corporate corruption abound, he teams up with the starlet of the film to investigate this darker side of Hollywood. Living in Los Angeles as a child and fascinated with the contrasts of the city and nature within, Alexandra and Jennifer discuss how today’s current environmental emergencies influenced her writing, how we tend to cope, and if we can prevent her story from becoming a reality in our future.

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