In this episode of the Book Maven: A Literary Revue, Bethanne Patrick sits down with Lauren Francis-Sharma to talk about the intense nature of covering hearings on apartheid practices in South Africa and translating those experiences to her new book Casualties of Truth.
This week we put Albert Camus’s The Stranger to the test. In this installment of Canon or Can It?, we’ll discuss the French author’s writing style and philosophy and decide if it should live on as a canonical text, or be kicked to the curb forever.
Can Bethanne beat the clock? She gives us 6 Recs for our To Be Read lists. Titles include: Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves by Adam Hochschild, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America by Sarah Lewis, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah, You Will Be Safe Here by Damien Barr, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.
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The Book Maven: A Literary Revue is hosted by Bethanne Patrick, produced by Christina McBride, and engineered by Jordan Aaron, with help from Lauren Stack.
All titles mentioned:
Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis Sharma
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Doll Seed by Michele Tracy Berger
Consumed by Greg Buchanan
After Death by Dean Koontz
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves by Adam Hochschild
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez
The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America by Sarah Lewis
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