Book Club: ‘The City We Became’

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🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

What if cities were embodied in human beings? If The Bronx were a human, what would she be like? And why is xenophobia so toxic?

Listen along as Nerdette host Greta Johnsen discusses 'The City We Became,' the new novel from Hugo-award-winning author N.K. Jemisin, along with WBEZ host Jenn White and Michi Trota, editor for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

And then get ready for next month’s Book Club pick: The Vanishing Half, a new novel by Brit Bennett.

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:15.4	From W be easy Chicago I'm Greta Johnson and you're listening to the
0:21.1	Nurdette Book Club it's just like normal Book Club, except you only have to talk if you actually want to.
0:27.0	This month we're talking about NK Jemison's The City We Became.
0:31.0	I am here with Jen White, who hosts W.B. E. Z.'s daily talk show for just a couple
0:36.4	more weeks and then later this summer she's going to go start hosting 1A which is a national
0:41.2	daily talk show from NPR Jen hey!
0:44.0	Hey! Gretta monster!
0:47.0	Okay, so the book is called The City We Became.
0:49.5	What city would you become if you had to choose a city this is like our you know I'm putting you on the
0:57.6	spot icebreaker I mean I'm a Detroit or I would become Detroit yeah Yeah. That's who I be. I love that. I am also here with
1:07.0	Michi Trota. She is a four-time Hugo Award winner. She's also the first
1:11.6	Filipina to win a Hugo Award. She's the editor-in-chief of
1:15.6	the science fiction and fantasy writers of America and senior editor at PRISM.
1:20.3	Mitchie, welcome.
1:21.5	Hi. So same question for you if you had to pick a city to embody what do you think it would be?
1:27.0	Absolutely Chicago. Chicago is my home.
1:31.0	It doesn't matter where I've gone or other cities that I've loved traveling to.
1:36.0	Chicago is my home city.
1:37.8	This is where I feel the most at home and I feel the most connected to and I would absolutely love to be considered part of Chicago enough to become an
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