Content warning: discussion of racism *Please note I've mistakenly called Allyson Hobbs, Allyson Bell for the duration of the podcast, my apologies* This month on the Writing Women Podcast, I look at this history of 'passing' in twentieth century literature from classic texts like Nella Larsen's 1929 'Passing' to how Brit Bennett's 2020 'The Vanishing Half' answers back and adapts to the long history of texts that have come before. Let me know what you think at [email protected]! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! Links: https://text.npr.org/1054025599 Allyson Hobbs, A Chosen Exile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toyjv27q17E&ab_channel=EmoryUniversity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/04/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-review-twin-struggle-pass-white-new-orleans https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/books/review-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.html https://text.npr.org/868197705 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/brit-bennett-reimagines-the-literature-of-passing https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/11/21285597/vanishing-half-review-brit-bennett https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/9/2/21406088/brit-bennett-interview-watch-live-vanishing-half-vox-book-club https://www.vox.com/culture/21377648/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-toni-morrison-oral-tradition-judylyn-ryan

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