Brit Bennett
Book Shambles
Author of the New York Times bestseller The Vanishing Half joins Robin to talk about the book, the inspiration for its story and what it’s like having a book crop up on countless ‘anti-racist’ reading lists. They also chat about James Baldwin, SE Hilton and mourn the loss of book talks and tours. Before Brit joins the show Robin and Josie catch up about current reading, old Marie Claire magazines and more.
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Reading List
Books recommended this week include:
The Vanish Half by Brit Bennett
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Home Grown by Joan Smith
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Strange Worlds: The Vision of Angela Carter by Marie Mulvey-Roberts and Fiona Robinson (Editor)
The Soul of the Ape by Eugène Marais
The Soul of the White Ant by Eugène Marais
I Don’t Know What to Do With Good White People by Brit Bennett
Others edited by Charles Fernyhough
The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
The Glass House by Eve Chase
Actress: A Novel by Anne Enright
On Michael Jackson by Margo Jefferson
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