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The Actor Jenifer Lewis: Mother, Activist, Hurricane

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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My Mother Was an Alfa Female

Jenifer, i i read your book, walking in my joy. I knew she'd be trouble. Heads up, as she caned to do. She used a lot of salty language. It's what she does best. My mother was an alfa female, darling. That's where i got it from. You can imagine, the woman that raised me, my mother down near cut a man's arm off when i was ten years old with a coak bottle. His name was jelly bean. Do i have to say anything else? If you're looking at my home,. Yes, you are. Oh, collius wants me to remind you to hold the phone. All right

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