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Brit Bennett on The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett, "The Vanishing Half"

“What I was interested in was the idea of this character committing to whiteness as this act, and the idea that race can be performed but at the same time it has these real implications in your life.” In this Politics and Prose virtual event, Brit Bennett speaks about the topics of duality, passing, and family in her latest novel, The Vanishing Half (Riverhead Books, 2020), with New York Times Magazine editor Jazmine Hughes.

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Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half
Riverhead Books
2020
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