About this episode

Amanda Peet discusses her new film and personal experiences with cancer, while Namwali Serpell reflects on the impact of Toni Morrison's work.

Amanda Peet is in the new film ‘Fantasy Life’ and the series ‘Your Friends & Neighbors.’ In a recent piece in ‘The New Yorker,’ she wrote about being diagnosed with breast cancer while both of her parents were in hospice. “I didn’t really have that ‘why me?’ thing. Maybe because I am Jewish and am always waiting for that other shoe to drop. In this case it was three shoes,” she told Terry Gross. Also, we’ll talk about Toni Morrison with Harvard professor Namwali Serpell. She says no matter how many times she returns to Morrison’s work, she finds something new. She’s still haunted by the last sentence of the novel ‘Sula.’ “When that sentence comes into my life, whether I'm reading it to teach, whether I'm rereading it to write, whether I'm reading it out loud, even just now, tears always spring to my eyes," Serpell says. She spoke with Tonya Mosley. David Bianculli reviews the new Apple TV series ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles.’ See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Hosts: Terry Gross, Tonya Mosley

Guests: Amanda Peet, Namwali Serpell

Topics covered

• breast cancer
• Toni Morrison
• film
• literature
• interview
• personal stories

Keywords

• Amanda Peet
• Toni Morrison
• breast cancer
• Sula
• interview
• NPR
• Apple TV
• literature
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR, Apple TV, The New Yorker

Books & works: Fantasy Life, Your Friends & Neighbors, Sula, Margo’s Got Money Troubles

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