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Marginalia: Kiley Reid On Tackling Issues Without Judgement

David Goddard

In her debut novel, Kiley Reid tackles the subjects of race, social media, #BlackLivesMatter, misconception, misunderstanding… all without casting judgement.

Such a Fun Age was released on the last day of 2019 and I caught up with her in the middle of her book tour talk about the novel.

Here's our conversation:

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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid is published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.

Marginalia was produced at KMUW Wichita. If you like this podcast, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.

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Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.