#1591 – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

The Book Show

Jan 15 2019 | 00:25:24

00:00 / 00:25:24

Show Notes

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s first short story collection, “Friday Black,” is a satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America, offering surreal tales and dystopian satire about American consumerism and race.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

January 30, 2024 • 00:27:26

The Book Show | Paul Murray - The Bee Sting

“The Bee Sting,” a novel by Paul Murray, is about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person at the end of...

Episode 0

September 06, 2022 • 00:27:25

The Book Show #1782 - Abdulrazak Gurnah - Afterlives

Abdulrazak Gurnah attained a new level of global prominence last year when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Gurnah’s new novel “Afterlives”...

Episode

April 23, 2024 • 00:27:27

The Book Show | Anne Lamott - Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott’s new book “Somehow: Thoughts on Love” is her 20th book and published on her 70th birthday. In each chapter, Lamott refracts all...