Turn on, tune in, and don’t cop out of this podcast that takes you on a musical journey through the works of new and classic authors. Host, Sarah Ozo-Irabor chats with notable writers and literary tastemakers on their work and the music that has shaped their craft, literary journey, and overall sense of self. An accompanying playlist of curated songs is available in each episode description.
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Books & Rhymes: The Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Sarah Ozo-Irabor
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Turn on, tune in, and don’t cop out of this podcast that takes you on a musical journey through the works of new and classic authors. Host, Sarah Ozo-Irabor chats with notable writers and literary tastemakers on their work and the music that has shaped their craft, literary journey, and overall sense of self. An accompanying playlist of curated songs is available in each episode description.
Find and follow us: @Booksandrhymes on Twitter and Instagram.
Subscribe to the mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gr0kD5
Books & Rhymes: The Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Sarah Ozo-Irabor
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Celebrated writer and poet, Jumoke Verrisimo, discuss the complexities of fictionalising personal pain in fiction, idealisation of mothers in Yoruba culture, the infliction of emotional traumas on loved ones as coping strategy for much deeper unarticulated psychological distress, and her debut novel, A Small Silence - a quietly disturbing coded novel that humanises historically underserved communities in fiction while inviting the reader to explore the psycho-social implication of loneliness and isolation.
Read Brittle Paper's review here.
Songs referenced in the discussion: (listen to the playlist on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube):
A Beautiful Imperfection – Asa
The Way I Feel – Asa
I am A Rock – Simon and Garfunkel
Gravity – John Meyer
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Nina Simone
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Army Arrangement – Fela Kuti
Disturbia – Rihanna
This episode was recorded in partnership with Cassava Republic Press at Library - A members only club situated in central London.
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