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Melanie Cheng on her novel 'The Burrow'

KMUW's Beth Golay visits with author Melanie Cheng about her novel, 'The Burrow,' a beautiful look at a family dealing with grief.

Melanie Cheng’s novel, The Burrow, is a slim and beautifully written book about a family dealing with grief in the midst of the COVID 19 lockdown in Australia, with each member exploring the mistakes they’ve made within their role in the family. I recently spoke with Melanie Cheng about the rotating perspectives and connections between her story and her real life.


The Burrow: A Novel by Melanie Cheng was published by Tin House Books.

Marginalia was produced at KMUW Wichita and is part of the NPR Podcast Network.

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  • Beth Golay - host
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Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.