Tressie McMillan Cottom, Review/Preview with Aisha Harris, Saeed Jones, Coming Out

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 14, 2019

Tressie McMillan Cottom joins us to discuss her book, Thick: And Other Essays, which was recently nominated for a National Book Award.

Aisha Harris, a writer and editor in the Opinion section for The New York Times, where she covers culture and society, joins for an installment of our “Review/Preview” series to discuss fall movies.

Saeed Jones joins us to discuss his memoir, How We Fight for Our Lives.

Following National Coming Out Day, Mike Johnson and Kyle Getz from the podcast Gayish join us to talk about coming out and take listeners' stories and questions.

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