Interview: 'Queenie' Author Candice Carty-Williams

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🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Her debut novel is one of this summer's most buzzed-about books. It's about race and dating, men and women, stereotypes and sexuality. Sam talks to Candice Carty-Williams about all that and more — and she reveals what she absolutely won't change in the coming television version of 'Queenie.' Email the show at samsanders@npr.org.

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0:00.0	Where should I sit?
0:01.2	Do you want to sit on this one?
0:02.8	Yeah, I should rest off in the corner.
0:04.4	Yeah.
0:04.9	My guest this episode was very, very chill and friendly when I interviewed her recently.
0:09.2	Oh, so sad.
0:10.2	My name is Candice Clarity Williams.
0:12.4	It's very nice day to day.
0:14.6	The sun's out.
0:15.6	It's quite hot.
0:16.6	You'd have no idea upon first hearing her that she is one of the busiest authors of the
0:20.8	moment, with the best-selling fiction debut on her hands.
0:24.8	But that is exactly who Candice Cardi Williams is.
0:28.2	And today, we talk about her moment and her very, very, buzzy book.
0:32.8	It's called Queenie.
0:33.8	Hi.
0:34.8	Hey, are we good?
0:35.8	And we'll go to my side.
0:37.4	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:38.7	You are listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR.
0:41.3	Now, this book, Queenie.
0:45.6	It has been called a Black Bridget Jones Diary.
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