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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And one of the homeworks you have is that you have to write down all of your sexual experiences.
relations because in case you have it, you have to go contact them.
That's how we were stopping the disease at that time.
Kind of like COVID, kind of reminds you of that.
And so Dionne, I thought I'd give that to Dionne and where she has to go back her homework and she has to write down all the names of her lovers.
And so, and at the top of the list is her stepfather.
Is her stepfather.
But that moment, it was her ex, Darren, is in the book, and we discover why and how he got to that place.
There's her new lover.
He's in the book, and she has to figure out how to tell him.
Tell the new lover.
And then there's a witness.
There's, you know, one fun fact is I don't know we get to experience this anymore that your paper gets, your paper used to be dropped off in front of your house every day at 3 a.m., 4 a.m.
And somebody had to do that.
And so I've always been fascinated by that person who drops your paper.
Just Mars fascination with who these people are.
And I decided to make him her witness.
This young man who has been dropping the paper at her door every night was there at the time.
And so he is the one that helps her usher through this two weeks as she turns around and faces.
I think we're responsible for our own healing.
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