This is actually the first time I’ve ever written fiction. This is Am I wrong? This is your debut, right, Tara? I’m trying not to like, get too fangirl about it. Very exciting for me to have this conversation. Stringfellow is with us today with her acclaimed novel Memphis. Today we have a really special guest with what I consider to be a really special book. And I am, as always, your host, Maiysha Kai, lifestyle editor of theGrio. TheGrio’s podcast about all things Black and literary and wordy. Maiysha Kai Hello and welcome to Writing Black. You are now listening to theGrio is Black Podcast Network. Tara also talks about her love for Memphis, how she wrote portions of the book in Cuba on the beach and more. Maiysha and Tara discuss her journey from being an attorney, to becoming an poet, to being motivated to step into activism, to deciding to sit down and write her debut novel “Memphis. Stringfellow joins Writing Black to give Writing Black listeners a glipse into her new book “Memphis,” which is about 3 generations of a Black family in the city of Memphis and one little girl that realizes she has the power to change the trajectory of her family.
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