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Casey Gerald with DeRay Mckesson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival
English - September 23, 2019 08:01 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBBooks Arts edbookfest author events Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Called ‘extraordinary’ and ‘electrifying’ by Marlon James and Colm Tóibín, Texan writer Casey Gerald’s powerful memoir traces fault lines in American racial and masculine identity. There Will Be No Miracles Here examines how Gerald grew up underprivileged, black and gay in Dallas but went on to study at Yale and Harvard, and work on Wall Street. It’s an American Dream story; so why does he spurn the classic rags-to-riches narrative? Live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 he shares his thoughts with educator and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson.