Lager and Love Cant Pay the Bills: 2020 Booker Prize Winner Douglas Stuart on his Masterpiece, Shuggie Bain
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Douglas Stuart enraptured readers worldwide in 2020 when his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, took the world\\u2019s top literary award, the Booker Prize. Shuggie Bain was a labor of love that drew from his own history of childhood poverty, hardship, and devotion to a mother whose addiction struggles were intensified by a broken system. Stuart is interviewed by Casey Gerald, who gained fame with a viral TED talk, \\u201cThe Gospel of Doubt.\\u201d Like Stuart, Gerald grew up queer, shaped by poverty and parental addiction.
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