Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Michelle Obama’s Memoir
The Book Review
The New York Times
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🗓️ 21 December 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The Book Review Podcast has been around for almost 14 years and we would love to hear your feedback. |
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| 0:14.0 | Thanks so much. |
| 0:17.0 | How does Michelle Obama's personal story fit into the larger tapestry of America's Great Migration? |
| 0:23.0 | Is Abil Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Sons, joins us to talk about Obama's memoir, Book Coming. |
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| 0:47.0 | Is Abil Wilkerson joins us now? She is an amazing writer. |
| 0:52.0 | She's a great writer. |
| 0:54.0 | She's a great writer. |
| 0:56.0 | She's a great writer. |
| 0:58.0 | She's a great writer. |
| 1:00.0 | She's a great writer. |
| 1:02.0 | She's a great writer. |
| 1:04.0 | Is Abil Wilkerson joins us now? She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Sons, |
| 1:11.0 | the epic story of America's Great Migration. |
| 1:14.0 | And this week, she reviews Michelle Obama's memoir, Becoming. Is Abil, thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:20.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:22.0 | This is a daunting book to take on because you're writing about a woman that many Americans, many readers worldwide, think they know, |
| 1:32.0 | but probably don't really know. |
| 1:34.0 | But you probably have some kind of impression of how did you approach this book in the review? |
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