What does freedom mean to an 11-year-old boy born into slavery?

I see a dougin will join us to talk about her new novel, Washington Black.

Our termite's edible?

That's just one question I had for Lisa Marganelli.

She joins us to talk about her new book, Underbug.

Don Williams will join us to talk about what's going on in the literary world.

Plus, my colleagues and I will talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is the Booker V Podcast from The New York Times.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Essie Adougin joins us now from British Columbia.

Her new book is called Washington Black.

It is reviewed and recovered by Cohn Toybean, and it is her second novel to be long-listed

for the man Booker Prize.

I'm very excited to talk to her as he thank you so much for being here.

Thank you for having me.

Let's start with the title character.

It's an eponymous novel.

Who is Wash Black?

Washington Black, she's the name of George Washington Black, but everybody who knows him

calls him Wash.

He's an 11-year-old field slave who was born into slavery on a Barbados plantation.

And he's somebody who's known no other life.

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