Adam Shatz & Kevin Okoth: The Rebel's Clinic
<p>Frantz Fanon was only 36 when he died in 1961, but his books and ideas – from&nbsp;<em>White Skin, Black Masks</em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>The Wretched of the Earth</em>&nbsp;– have proved lastingly influential. Adam Shatz’s&nbsp;<em>The Rebel’s Clinic</em>&nbsp;is both a biography of Fanon and an in-depth study of his writing.</p><p>Shatz, the US editor of the London Review of Books and the author of&nbsp;<em>Writers &amp; Missionaries</em>, was joined by Kevin Okoth, author of&nbsp;<em>Red Africa: Reclaiming Revolutionary Black Politics</em>.</p><br><p>Listen to Adam discuss Fanon with Judith Butler on Close Readings: <a href="https://lrb.me/fanonhc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/fanonhc</a></p><p>Get the book: <a href="https://lrb.me/rebelsclinicpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/rebelsclinicpod</a></p><p>Find more events at the Bookshop: <a href="https://lrb.me/eventspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/eventspod</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Frantz Fanon was only 36 when he died in 1961, but his books and ideas – from White Skin, Black Masks to The Wretched of the Earth – have proved lastingly influential. Adam Shatz’s The Rebel’s Clinic is both a biography of Fanon and an in-depth study of his writing.
Shatz, the US editor of the London Review of Books and the author of Writers & Missionaries, was joined by Kevin Okoth, author of Red Africa: Reclaiming Revolutionary Black Politics.
Listen to Adam discuss Fanon with Judith Butler on Close Readings: https://lrb.me/fanonhc
Get the book: https://lrb.me/rebelsclinicpod
Find more events at the Bookshop: https://lrb.me/eventspod
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.