Kishani Widyaratna's guest appearances

Kishani Widyaratna

London Review Bookshop Podcast

Literary Friction

Lauren Elkin

Will Harris

Luke Turner

Brian Dillon

Ann Goldstein

Kevin Barry

Deborah Levy

Maggie Nelson

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Sally Rooney

Max Porter

Katherine Angel

Elif Batuman

Niven Govinden

Evie Wyld

OwlTail

Reni Eddo-Lodge

We're in the midst of an international protest movement, sparked by the murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis police. As a result, it didn’t feel right to put out a new show, so instead we wanted to re-run a show from 2017 during which we talked about race with Reni Eddo-Lodge, the author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Kishani Widyaratna, an editor at Picador Books in London. In her now best selling book, Reni takes a thorough and passionate look at the UK's long and complicated relationship with structural racism. This show comes with the caveat that we recorded this conversation three years ago. Our thinking has evolved since then as we’ve all continued to read and listen and learn about race. For white people in particular, anti-racist work is an ongoing journey. However, it’s sad and frustrating that most of the issues we were discussing then remain the same. It’s important to point out that we were talking about race generally on this show, whereas the current protests are for Black Lives Matter, focussing on anti-blackness, which is connected but a more specific issue.Recommendations on the theme, race:Octavia: Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/288/288167/citizen/9780141981772.htmlKish: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/243/24381/wide-sargasso-sea/9780241951552.htmlCarrie: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/190696/the-warmth-of-other-suns-by-isabel-wilkerson/General Recommendations:Octavia: Mislaid by Nell Zink https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062364777/mislaid/Kish: Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed https://www.dukeupress.edu/living-a-feminist-life Reni: Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde https://www.silverpress.org/your-silence-will-not-protect-youCarrie: First Love by Gwendoline Riley https://pagesofhackney.co.uk/lockdown/product/first-love-gwendoline-riley/Further Reading:Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587/ Reni's podcast, About Race: https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/ White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566247/white-fragility-by-robin-diangelo/Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213837/are-prisons-obsolete-by-angela-y-davis/ So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781541647435/Email us: litfriction@gmail.comTweet us &amp; find us on Instagram: @litfriction

We're in the midst of an international protest movement, sparked by the murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis police. As a result, it didn’t feel right to put out a new show, so instead we wanted to re-run a show from 2017 during which we talked about race with Reni Eddo-Lodge, the author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Kishani Widyaratna, an editor at Picador Books in London. In her now best selling book, Reni takes a thorough and passionate look at the UK's long and complicated relationship with structural racism. This show comes with the caveat that we recorded this conversation three years ago. Our thinking has evolved since then as we’ve all continued to read and listen and learn about race. For white people in particular, anti-racist work is an ongoing journey. However, it’s sad and frustrating that most of the issues we were discussing then remain the same. It’s important to point out that we were talking about race generally on this show, whereas the current protests are for Black Lives Matter, focussing on anti-blackness, which is connected but a more specific issue. Recommendations on the theme, race: Octavia: Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/288/288167/citizen/9780141981772.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/288/288167/citizen/9780141981772.html</a> Kish: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/243/24381/wide-sargasso-sea/9780241951552.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/243/24381/wide-sargasso-sea/9780241951552.html</a> Carrie: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/190696/the-warmth-of-other-suns-by-isabel-wilkerson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/190696/the-warmth-of-other-suns-by-isabel-wilkerson/</a> General Recommendations: Octavia: Mislaid by Nell Zink <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062364777/mislaid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062364777/mislaid/</a> Kish: Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/living-a-feminist-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dukeupress.edu/living-a-feminist-life</a> Reni: Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde <a href="https://www.silverpress.org/your-silence-will-not-protect-you" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.silverpress.org/your-silence-will-not-protect-you</a> Carrie: First Love by Gwendoline Riley <a href="https://pagesofhackney.co.uk/lockdown/product/first-love-gwendoline-riley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pagesofhackney.co.uk/lockdown/product/first-love-gwendoline-riley/</a> Further Reading: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587/</a> Reni's podcast, About Race: <a href="https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/</a> Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad <a href="https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/</a> White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566247/white-fragility-by-robin-diangelo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566247/white-fragility-by-robin-diangelo/</a> Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213837/are-prisons-obsolete-by-angela-y-davis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213837/are-prisons-obsolete-by-angela-y-davis/</a> So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo <a href="https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781541647435/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781541647435/</a> Email us: litfriction@gmail.com Tweet us &amp; find us on Instagram: @litfriction

Literary Friction - RE-RUN: Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kishani Widyaratna

Sally Rooney breathes new life into fiction. Her novels deal with ordinary life in all its unexpected ways. The Guardian said of Rooney’s debut novel, Conversations with Friends: ‘It’s rare that a novel elicits such ferocious and unmitigated awe from just about everyone you know, whether male, female, or millennial’. Rooney’s second novel, Normal People (published by Faber &amp; Faber last September), was called ‘superb . . . a tremendous read, full of insight and sweetness’ by Anne Enright. Olivia Laing has stated that ‘Rooney is the best young novelist – indeed one of the best novelists – I’ve read in years.’ On the occasion of the paperback publication of Normal People, Rooney was in conversation with Kishani Widyaratna, editor at Picador Books and contributing editor at The White Review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sally Rooney breathes new life into fiction. Her novels deal with ordinary life in all its unexpected ways. The Guardian said of Rooney’s debut novel, Conversations with Friends: ‘It’s rare that a novel elicits such ferocious and unmitigated awe from just about everyone you know, whether male, female, or millennial’. Rooney’s second novel, Normal People (published by Faber &amp; Faber last September), was called ‘superb . . . a tremendous read, full of insight and sweetness’ by Anne Enright. Olivia Laing has stated that ‘Rooney is the best young novelist – indeed one of the best novelists – I’ve read in years.’ On the occasion of the paperback publication of Normal People, Rooney was in conversation with Kishani Widyaratna, editor at Picador Books and contributing editor at The White Review. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sally Rooney and Kishani Widyaratna: Normal People

This month we're discussing a subject that isn't covered enough: race in Britain. Our brilliant author/guest is Reni Eddo-Lodge, who came in to talk about her first book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, a vital and passionate look at this country's long and complicated relationship with structural racism. We're also thrilled to be joined in the conversation by Kishani Widyaratna, from Picador and The White Review.

Literary Friction - Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kishani Widyaratna