REBROADCAST: Author Brit Bennet explores race and identity in her work

Think Out Loud

REBROADCAST: Author Brit Bennet explores race and identity in her work

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Published on Jun 30, 2023, 12:35:29 PM
Total time: 00:51:14

Episode Description

Brit Bennett’s book The Vanishing Half was on a lot of best-of lists in 2020. Though spanning the second half of the 20th century, the novel speaks to questions about race and identity that have been central to national conversations for the last two years. In that novel and her other writing, Bennett deals with the bonds of family, the importance of storytelling, and nature of identity. We talked to Bennett about her essays and novels in front of an audience of students at Grant High School in Portland in February 2022.

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