Robert Jones Jr. and Laird Hunt talk tragedies and overlooked histories
NPR's Book of the Day
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We're going to hear about two books, both finalists for this year's national book award for fiction. In a bit, author laird hunt talks about his book zory, about a woman who lives through the great on and then wold war too. But first, robert jones junior's book, the prophets is about enslaved, black queer people in america. And as you'll hear him tell m prre scott simon, he put in a ton of leg work researching the roots, not just of black queerness, but also of homophobia.
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