Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence

Update: 2024-09-03

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Novelist Danzy Senna spoke with Terry Gross about racial identity, growing up with a Black father and white mother in an era when "mixed-race" wasn't a thing. "Just merely existing as a family was a radical statement at that time," she says. Her new book is Colored Television.

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Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence

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Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence

Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence