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Robert Jones Jr. and Laird Hunt talk tragedies and overlooked histories

Robert Jones Jr. and Laird Hunt talk tragedies and overlooked histories

FromNPR's Book of the Day


Robert Jones Jr. and Laird Hunt talk tragedies and overlooked histories

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Not all history is learned - or taught - in school. In today's first interview, Robert Jones Jr. tells NPR's Scott Simon that he wanted to be 'a witness to [those] testimonies that have not made it into the official record.' His novel, The Prophets, is about enslaved Black queer people in America. The second interview is about the seemingly mundane day-to-day that makes up a person's history in Zorrie. Author Laird Hunt told NPR's Scott Simon that just because someone's story seems unremarkable doesn't mean it isn't rich.
Released:
Dec 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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