Natashia Deon on THE PERISHING

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 11 a.m.

\u201cI don't remember my dreams a lot. But when I remember them, I stand up and pay attention.\u201d Both of Natashia Deon\u2019s novels, NAACP Image Award nominee\xa0Grace, and her latest,\xa0The Perishing, started with dreams she couldn\u2019t forget. Natashia joins us on the show to talk about her new novel\u2014think N.K. Jemisin and Octavia Butler\u20141930s Los Angeles, love and justice, life and death, what it means to truly live in the present moment and more. Featured books: The Perishing and Grace by Natashia Deon. Produced/hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang.

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