In Episode 17, we hear from Guy Gunaratne, whose debut novel In Our Mad and Furious City has just come out to wide and well-deserved acclaim. We talked about the impetus for his book, what he’s learned about storytelling from grime music and from his own work as documentary marker, and more.
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Books mentioned on the episode:
In Our Mad and Furious City
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Tin Drum
The Adventures of Augie March
Epitaph of a Small Winner
Ponti
Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime
Memory Songs: A Personal Journey into the Music that Shaped the 90s
Soap the Stamps, Jump the Tube, by Gail Thibert
My Box-Shaped Heart
Meet Me at the Museum
Happy Little Bluebirds
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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