Ourshelves with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Ourshelves
English - July 05, 2023 13:50 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture feminism books reading author interview culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Join Lucy Scholes as she talks with American author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about her debut novel, Big Girl – reviewed by the New York Times as ‘achingly beautiful’ – about a young black girl growing up in 1990s Harlem. On the table for discussion is coming-of-age fiction, beauty standards, women’s bodies and matrilineal traditions.
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