It is about a secret of a different kind. Bennett followed that up in 2020 with ‘The Vanishing Half’. It tells a story of a 17 year old’s secret and the way that secret reverberates into her early adulthood. Her debut novel ‘The Mothers’ was a critical success and a New York Times bestseller. Brit Bennett has become a literary star in the last six years. It is an hour with the writer Brit Bennett. I’m Dave Miller coming to you in front of an audience at Portland’s Grant High School today. Note: This transcript was computer generated and edited by a volunteer.ĭave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. The call-in phone number during the noon hour is 88. If you’d like to comment on any of the topics in this show, or suggest a topic of your own, please get in touch with us on Facebook or Twitter, send an email to, or you can leave a voicemail for us at 50. We talk to Bennett about her essays and novels in front of an audience of students at Grant High School in Portland. In that novel and her other writing, Bennett deals with the bonds of family, the importance of storytelling, and the nature of identity. Though spanning the second half of the 20th century, the novel speaks to questions about race and identity that have been central to national conversations for the last two years. Brit Bennett’s book “The Vanishing Half” was on a lot of best-of lists in 2020.
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