In 'One of Our Kind,' a Black family moves to a planned utopia
2024-06-18 · 9 min · 7 entities
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In the new novel One of Our Kind , Jasmyn Williams moves her family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California. But things start to take a turn when Jasmyn realizes not everyone who lives in Liberty is the way she expected them to be. In today's episode, author Nicola Yoon speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about writing in the thriller genre, dismantling the idea that Black people are a monolith, and finding inspiration in The Stepford Wives .
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