GRETAGRAM book club: 'Kin,' discussed!

About this episode

Greta Johnsen and Traci Thomas discuss Tayari Jones' novel 'Kin', exploring themes of female friendship and motherhood.

For this deep-dive discussion of Tayari Jones’ novel Kin , host Greta Johnsen talks with Traci Thomas, who hosts The Stacks podcast .  They talk about the exquisite pleasure of reading a book that does exactly what it sets out to do, the beauty of female friendship, and the different ways the main characters are mothered despite the absence of their actual mothers.  Warning: this is a spoilery conversation! If you haven’t read the book yet, go listen to Greta’s spoiler-free conversation with Tayari .  SHOW CREDITS Creator and host: Greta Johnsen Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal Tile art: Mac Maclean See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Greta Johnsen

Guest: Traci Thomas

Topics covered

• book discussion
• female friendship
• motherhood
• literature
• spoilers

Keywords

• Kin
• Tayari Jones
• female friendship
• motherhood
• book club
• literature
• spoilers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Kin

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