Freda Ndidi Epum’s new memoir, plus French protestors banned Barbie

Freda Ndidi Epum joins us to discuss her memoir: The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir. Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms. Purchase your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781558613102. Connect with Freda here: http://www.fredaepum.com. Plus, anti-LGBTQ protestors used the threat of violence to get a screening of Barbie canceled because it’s “[a defense] for homosexuality” and “an attack on the virtue of women.” Free speech!

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