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Jay Caspian Kang, the author and narrator of this week’s Sunday Read, spoke to actor Steven Yeun about Zoom late last year. The premise of their conversations was mr. Yeun’s latest starring role in ‘Minari’ – a film about a Korean immigrant family who farms in rural South Africa.
They discussed the usual things: Yeun’s childhood, his parents and active career – which includes a seven-year period of the hugely popular television series “The Walking Dead”. But the subject of the conversation constantly turned back to something deeper.
Today on The Sunday Read, Jay’s profile and meditation on the Asian-American identity.
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Additional production for The Sunday Read was contributed by Carson Leigh Brown, Anna Diamond, Elena Hecht, Desiree Ibekwe, Emma Kehlbeck, Tanya Perez, Kelly Rogers, Margaret Willison and Kate Winslett. Special thanks to Mike Benoist, Sam Dolnick, Laura Kim, Julia Simon, Lisa Tobin, Blake Wilson and Ryan Wegner.