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“If I write this book, it's really gonna hurt — because if I write the truth, it's not a comfortable truth.”

Mira Jacob is many things - acclaimed author / illustrator, cultural critic, awesome mother, and a pretty funny brown woman in Brooklyn who happens to be from New Mexico. Mira’s graphic memoir ‘GOOD TALK’ is one of Raman’s all-time favorite books (which we’ve aired a previous episode on), has achieved TONS of critical acclaim, AND is now in development as a television series. Mira’s novel “The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing” is also most excellent. ‘Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations’ shares hard conversations Mira has had with not just her young (mixed race) son, but her family and friends about experiences of race in America - from her childhood to the modern era. Mira shares not just her process - but stories that will make you laugh, stop, realize, maybe even cry, and then laugh again You really should stop reading this right now and go read Mira’s work...like yesterday. 

LEARN ABOUT MIRA

• GOOD TALK: goodreads.com/book/show/36700347-good-talk
• mirajacob.com
• IG @goodtalkthanks // TW @mirajacob

MENTIONS

• MOVIE: Heathers (1989) - imdb.com/title/tt0097493/
• PERSON: Zadie Smith (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/2522.Zadie_Smith
• PERSON: Arundhati Roy (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy

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