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 has made a career out of telling jokes on stage and writing for comedians like Seth Meyers. But when it comes to literature, Aparna says her taste run toward the serious. 


She spoke with Kerri Miller about Hanya Yanagihara's novel, "A Little Life," and the fact that spending all day crafting witty one-liners leaves her looking for escape in the kind of literature that many other readers view as hard work.

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Aparna Nancherla has a made a career of telling jokes, but her tastes in literature run toward the serious.

Aparna Nancherla has made a career out of telling jokes on stage and writing for comedians like Seth Meyers. But when it comes to literature, Aparna says her taste run toward the serious. She spoke with Kerri Miller about Hanya Yanagihara's novel, "A Little Life," and the fact that spending all day crafting witty one liners leaves her looking for escape in the kind of literature that many other readers view as hard work.

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