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Writers Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Edmund White want to talk about sex
Writers Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Edmund White want to talk about sex
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15 minutes
Released:
Feb 4, 2022
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Podcast episode
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The first interview today is with debut novelist Lizzie Damilola Blackburn about her book, Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? The protagonist Yinka is constantly being hounded by her family to get married. But Damilola Blackburn tells NPR's Sarah McCammon that learning to love oneself first can be important. The second interview is with award-winning writer Edmund White who is out with a new book about sex. A Previous Life follows a couple – they are writing to each other about their romantic pasts. White told NPR's Scott Simon that though the book might offend some, he has always written this way.
Released:
Feb 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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