Mara Brock Akil
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353 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 30 Jun
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When I build anything, I have a lot of research, a lot of notes, a lot that you never will see that informs what makes the page.
And so I was taking notes on this idea, and I knew it got shelved because...
Who's going to buy this?
I knew this industry was not going to buy this story.
Even as prolific as I am, this was going to be a tough sell to sort of like pitch this story as a film.
Oh, this is a film.
But it is because I think I got to prove it in the book.
Okay.
You know, I don't want to be cliche and say everyone, but anybody who wants to unload their shame.
Anybody who wants to talk about it, think about it, let go of it, that's who the book is for.
What I'm excited, though, is as universal as that story is, the specificity of letting Dion, a young Black woman in the 90s who didn't think she had a problem in the world, take us on that journey to be at the tip of the arrow, to talk about shame and her to be very brave and vulnerable to share her story.
hopefully will give permission to anyone who carries any level of shame.
No spoilers, but...
I think the reason why it reads like a film is because I think a lot of stories, you want to drop them in.
So I drop you in the book where this young woman is... On the train.
On the train.
Yeah.
And you know... You can do that.
That's first page.
Okay, that's first page.
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