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AGAINST EVERYONE WITH CONNER HABIB 195: OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE or CRIME/FICTION/FORGIVENESS
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Friends,
This is the last fiction writing episode for a bit, so I needed someone to talk with me about mediating the creation of dark art. So I asked another writer who's been there to talk about violence, murder, and forgiveness in fiction: My Sister the Serial Killer author, Oyinkan Braithwaite!
SHOW NOTES
WHAT BOOK YOU SHOULD READ?
One of my very favorite novels is also a sort-of-sort-of-not crime novel: Narrow Rooms by James Purdy. It's absolutely ruthless, and bizarre. Imagine if John Waters wrote a serious novel. This would be it. It's a nice blend of the tonally challenging aspects of both my and Oyinkan's novels.
WHAT OTHER AEWCH EPISODE YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO?
I talked about crime fiction in depth with another writer - and a master of the genre - Liz Nugent, back on AEWCH 104. Bonus: It was recorded just before the pandemic, and we talk about it with hope and trepidation.
MORE ON OYINKAN
There's plenty to explore, including illustrations and short works, on Oyinkan's website. My favorite story there is "One Choice", which has illustrations including the one below, made out of the words of the text.
See you soon, friends.
CH
