Best Of: Actor Amanda Peet / Re-examining Toni Morrison
Amanda Peet discusses her career, personal struggles with aging and identity, her recent breast cancer diagnosis, and the simultaneous deaths of both parents, while also reflecting on her roles in Fantasy Life and Your Friends and Neighbors. Harvard professor Namwali Serpell explores
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