Delroy Lindo
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I'm not denying that it has opened me up.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I've been compelled to scrutinize myself.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
And I'm using that word very advisedly, scrutinize.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
It's a scrutiny.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
It's an examination of oneself.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
In my case, because a very, very, very significant part of what I'm writing has to do with reexamining my relationship with my mom.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
And so my mom is a protagonist in my memoir.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I am examining history.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I'm examining culture.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I'm looking at certain passages of history through the lens of the Windrush experience.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I got a master's from NYU in 2014.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I came to formal education late.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
I got my undergrad degree in 2004 from San Francisco State University.
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Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’
And I got my master's from NYU in 2014.