Debut novelist! Sarai Johnson, GROWN WOMEN
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Zibby speaks with debut novelist Sarai Johnson about GROWN WOMEN, a stunning, tender, elegant novel about how four generations of complex Black women attempt to heal old wounds and redefine happiness for themselves… as they raise a new generation together. Sarai shares how her own complicated relationship with her mother and a desire to depict Black motherhood with nuance and depth inspired this story. She also shares her writing process, literary models, and best advice for aspiring authors.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, hosted by me, Zibi Owens. |
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| 0:36.8 | It'll take you where you need to go. Thanks for listening. |
| 0:42.8 | Sorai Johnson is the author of Grown Women, a novel. She grew up in the South, primarily in |
| 0:47.7 | Nashville, Tennessee, and studied journalism in English at Howard University. She later earned |
| 0:52.8 | a master's in literature from American University. She has |
| 0:55.8 | taught writing at both her alma maters and with several non-profit writing programs in the D.C. area. |
| 1:01.1 | She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, daughter, and dog. Welcome, Sarah. Thank you so |
| 1:06.0 | much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss grown women. |
| 1:10.2 | debut novel. |
| 1:11.1 | Very exciting. |
| 1:12.6 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:13.5 | You're so welcome. |
| 1:14.6 | I feel like we are deep in the mom space. |
| 1:17.3 | You've just had a baby two weeks ago. |
| 1:19.9 | Your book is all about mothers and daughters and my whole life is about like mother. |
| 1:26.9 | I feel like great, especially right now. Okay, tell |
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