Episode 135: Naima Coster Novel Explores Integration, Race, and Identity
In the new novel WHAT’S MINE AND YOURS, author Naima Coster explores the intersection of race, lost dreams, family relationships, and trauma through the lives of its two protagonists, Gee, a black man and Noelle, a woman presenting as white despite her father being Latin American. By looking at the backstory of the mothers of the two protagonists, we learn how tragedy and trauma has led their paths to cross in high school with mothers on opposite sides on the racial integration. Covering two generations of the families over 18 years, WHATS MINE AND YOURS also examines how the trauma their…
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