
Danielle Evans and Brit Bennett on the lies we tell ourselves
NPR's Book of the Day
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A Novel About Light Skinned Children
i wanted to explore the idea of a place like this, and i was able to draw in some research from similar creol communities that were similarly insular and organized around people having light skin. I think that's also something that you're seeing around as everybody is trying to process this moment. There was a page that i was underlining and starring. Thisis page one 58, cause there is a scene where it set in the summer of 19 68,. And when your characters is watching the news and describes sitting on the arm of a chair and watching cities across the county lit up in flames and neighborhoods being destroyed.
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