Get Lit Re-Read: Raven Leilani

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 1, 2021

[REBROADCAST] We air highlights from our conversation with author Raven Leilani about her critically acclaimed debut novel, Luster, from our October 2020 Get Lit with All Of It book club event. The story follows a young Black woman living in Brooklyn who becomes enmeshed in the marriage of an older white couple living in New Jersey.

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