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July Get Lit with Zakiya Dalila Harris & Madison McFerrin, Get Lit Re-Read with Kazuo Ishiguro & Rhiannon Giddens

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 6, 2021

We air highlights from our July "Get Lit with All Of It" book club event. We read The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Harris joins us to discuss her new thriller, which is set in the world of book publishing. We also air an interview and two special performances from our musical guest, Madison McFerrin. 

[REBROADCAST FROM APRIL 30, 2021] We air highlights from our virtual book club series, “Get Lit with All Of It,” with Nobel Prize Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. His New York Times bestselling novel, Klara and the Sun, follows the story of an 'Artificial Friend' named Klara. Klara is a highly intelligent AI purchased by a teenager named Josie, whose mother ultimately has unusual plans for Klara's role in the family. We also air an interview and two special performances from our musical guest, Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens. 

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