The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett | A Word on Words | NPT

A WORD ON WORDS, Nashville Public Television’s Emmy Award-winning reboot of its classic series, is a collection of three-minute interviews about books and other literary topics. Filmed in locations around Middle Tennessee, the series continues a tradition established by legendary journalist John Seigenthaler for more than 40 years.

Season 5 | A Word on Words | NPT Episode 16 | 3m 11s | CC

"Binaries are boring. 'Is this character good or are they bad?' or 'Was this choice right or was it wrong?' — those are uninteresting questions, because they’re simple questions, and that’s not the ways in which any of us move through the world." Brit Bennett talks to NPT host Mary Laura Philpott about THE VANISHING HALF.

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