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Preti Taneja & Lola Olufemi: Aftermath
Preti Taneja & Lola Olufemi: Aftermath
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
On 29 November 2019 Usman Khan murdered Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt at Fishmongers’ Hall in London. Recently released from prison after serving a sentence for terrorism-related offences, Khan was attending an event to mark the anniversary of a writing course he had attended while in prison. Novelist Preti Taneja had been one of his tutors.In Aftermath (And Other Stories), described by Nikesh Shukla as ‘a masterclass work of literary brilliance’, Taneja has created from the horrific events of that day a searing lament, interrogating the language of terror, trauma and grief, a powerful indictment of the prison system and an equally powerful plea for its abolition. She was in conversation with Lola Olufemi, author of Feminism, Interrupted and Experiments in Imagining Otherwise.Find our upcoming events, online and in-person, here: lrb.me/upcomingevents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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