Episode 1736
Quiara Alegría Hudes on Her New Novel 'The White Hot'
November 10, 202518m 33s
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Show Notes
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Quiara Alegría Hudes discusses her new novel, The White Hot. The novel is written in the form of a letter from a mother to her daughter, explaining why, for a brief period, she decided to leave. Hudes is speaking with Lin Manuel Miranda on November 11 at St. Ann's Church with Books Are Magic, and at Joe's Pub on November 24.
Topics
new_release_literaturelyrical_prose_discussionmother_daughter_focusfamily_identity_reflectionhybrid_storytelling_stylelifematernal_voice_narrativesliterary_epistolary_formnarrative_voice_craftlocal_wnycemotional_departure_themesintergenerational_letter_formcommunity_event_readingscontemporary_latine_fictionstorytellingcultural_roots_in_fictionpuerto_rican_diaspora_literaturebooksmotherhood_memoir_fiction