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b"\\u201cIf I write this book, it's really gonna hurt \\u2014 because if I write the truth, it's not a comfortable truth.\\u201d\\nMira 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\\u2019s graphic memoir \\u2018GOOD TALK\\u2019 is one of Raman\\u2019s all-time favorite books (which we\\u2019ve aired a previous episode on), has achieved TONS of critical acclaim, AND is now in development as a television series. Mira\\u2019s novel \\u201cThe Sleepwalker\\u2019s Guide to Dancing\\u201d is also most excellent. \\u2018Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations\\u2019 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\\u2019s work...like yesterday.\\xa0\\nLEARN ABOUT MIRA\\n\\nGOOD TALK: goodreads.com/book/show/36700347-good-talk\\n\\n\\nmirajacob.com\\n\\nIG @goodtalkthanks\\xa0// TW @mirajacob\\n\\n\\nMENTIONS\\n\\nMOVIE: Heathers (1989) - imdb.com/title/tt0097493/\\n\\n\\nPERSON: Zadie Smith (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/2522.Zadie_Smith\\n\\n\\nPERSON: Arundhati Roy (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"