Brinda Charry on THE EAST INDIAN
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The Story of Tony and Lydia
Lydia is one of my favorite characters in this book and you need someone who's a little more grounded in the universe but still an outsider. Lydia came partly because I mean the historical fact is that the East Indian population merges that the African American one very quickly. The children born of the union of Eastern Americans and African Africans were essentially known as they just came to be identified as African American or black. No, you know PT Barnum is ours. We made it with the monsteroids and we have a lot of PT Barnum's You know he's he's got a very long legacy in this country I'm really excited to see what you do.
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