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Maurice Carlos Ruffin on THE AMERICAN DAUGHTERS
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
“If my mother and my grandma were in this book, how would they be? And what kind of love can I show them as a writer…” The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin brings readers to pre-Civil War New Orleans to meet a cast of strong, fierce women in a hope filled novel of freedom and liberation. Ruffin joins us to talk about the intricacies of writing about his hometown, cultural impacts on identity, building empathy through fiction and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. Ours by Phillip B. Williams American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Lone Women by Victor LaValle Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Released:
Feb 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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