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Working-class people need to be seen, says Jamaican-born writer Nicole Dennis-Benn

“I wanted their lives, especially our working-class women, to be out there. People need to be seen. I wanted to show that.” Nicole Dennis-Benn talks about the working-class town she grew up in Jamaica and how her experiences inspired her debut novel, Here Comes the Sun (Liveright, 2016), in this video for PBS NewsHour’s “Brief But Spectacular” series.

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Nicole Dennis-Benn
Here Comes the Sun
Liveright
2016
PBS NewsHour
Brief But Spectacular

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