Novelist Elif Shafak on James Baldwin’s Compassion

Notes from America with Kai Wright

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News Commentary, Politics, History, News

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🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Shafak and Baldwin share a deep connection to Turkey and a commitment to belonging and empathy in storytelling.

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0:00.0	Listen to Support it, WNYC Studios.
0:07.0	Welcome to episode 5 of our new podcast, Notes on a Native Sun about James Baldwin,
0:19.0	because 2024 marks the 100th birth anniversary of a man unique in American letters.
0:26.0	Novelist, essayist, activist.
0:28.4	The list is long, though who and what James Baldwin is, as well as his his legacy can't really be listed but it can
0:36.2	and perhaps should be found in his work.
0:39.2	Baldwin himself refused any attempt to box him in.
0:45.7	This podcast tries to get close to the idea of getting to know James Baldwin
0:50.2	through his work and those who love his words.
0:53.0	We've called it Notes on a Native son,
0:55.0	after one of Baldwin's most famous autobiographical essays,
0:59.0	notes of a Native son.
1:01.0	In each episode we invite a well-known figure to choose a special or significant
1:05.6	James Baldwin Passage. The conversation tells us as much about James Baldwin's story as it does
1:11.8	about the person who loves Jimmy, as he was known to all who loved him.
1:22.1	Our guest on this episode of Notes on a Native son is the Turkish writer
1:26.0	Elif Shafak. She has published 21 books, 13 of them novels and her work has been
1:32.3	translated into 58 languages.
1:35.0	She is among those contemporary writers who are both lauded with prizes
1:40.0	and deeply beloved by her readers.
1:42.0	Born in Strasbourg, France to Turkish... and deeply beloved by her readers.
1:42.7	Born in Strasbourg, France, to Turkish parents,
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