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# Writer Hernan Diaz on “Ply” and the Limits of Identity
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/american-masters/specials/writer-hernan-diaz-on-ply-and-the-limits-of-identity-nb8gq6/
- Published: 2026-11-06T08:45:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:00:12.000Z
- Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hernan Diaz unpacks his new novel "Ply" and why he writes.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: American Masters, #ZZZ_Show_528da9a2-8dd6-4ae8-885a-d59d89b91574, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_2c5d12f5-5672-4d48-9d97-2cf071b1d0e9, #special

In this expansive interview, Hernan Diaz discusses his new novel, "Ply," the institution of language, the beauty of the sentence, post-punk and electronic artists like Cluster and Bill Nace, the texture of this music and how it informs Diaz’ writing, the joyfulness of art-making in a capitalist society, and the ways in which America dreams about itself.