Hear to Slay: Reading is Fundamental (with Kaitlyn Greenidge)

Books are getting us through a tough year. Novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge talks about what she’s been reading. Tressie and Roxane respond in kind. Plus, their reaction to the Derek Chauvin verdict, and book recommendations from listeners.

Mentions:  Libertie by Kaitlyn Greennidge 

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke 

The Age of Innocence by Eidith Wharton 

Afterparties by Anthony So

Let the record show: A Political History of ACT UP New York by Sarah Schulman

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning  by Cathy Park Hong

The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

       by Dorothy A. Brown

World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Lucky Fish by  Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Oceanic by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

Control Negro- Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

The Prophets by Roberts Jones Jr. 

Of Women and Salt- Gabriela Garcia 

Dyke (geology) by Sabrina Imbler

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