We are oh-for-two on knowing what it is we’re actually reading. This episode, we talk Kaitlyn Greenridge’s We Love You, Charlie Freeman, an eerie and uncomfortable examination of race, communication and family. Tune in for anxiety attacks, asshole chimpanzees and, as always, us mispronouncing the names of all your favs.

Have you read We Love You, Charlie Freeman? Got a book you think we should check out? Tweet us at @blackchicklit.

Links:

Review: “We Love You, Charlie Freeman,” Kaitlyn Greenridge’s Debut Novel

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Sellout, by Paul Beatty

Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu

Swing Time, by Zadie Smith