S4 Ep. 21: Fiction/Non/Fiction at 100 Episodes: Whit, Sugi, and Special Guest Jabari Asim Reflect on the Podcast’s Indelible Interviews and Controversies From the Past Four Years

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For the 100th episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan hand out the first-ever “Nonnie Awards” for the podcast’s standout moments from the past four years. Then author, poet, and playwright Jabari Asim reflects on how the discourse on racism and police brutality has shifted since last summer. Asim also reads from his upcoming novel Yonder, out in January 2022.

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Selected readings:

Jabari Asim

• Yonder (out January 2022, available for pre-order)
• Stop and Frisk
• We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival
• Mighty Justice
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Others:

• Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration by Ruben Jonathan Miller
• The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Watchmen (TV series)
• Fiction/Non/Fiction, June 2020: Black Stories Matter: Terrion Williamson and Jabari Asim on Narrative During the George Floyd Protests
• Fiction/Non/Fiction, February 2020: Coronavirus and Contagion: Laurie Chen and Richard Preston on Writing About the Spread of Disease
• Fiction/Non/Fiction, March 2019: C. Riley Snorton and T Fleischmann Talk Gender, Race, and Literature
• Fiction/Non/Fiction, September 2018: Garrard Conley and SJ Sindu on the Mainstreaming of Queer Identity
• Fiction/Non/Fiction, January 2018: Literary Color Lines: On Inclusion in Publishing
• Fiction/Non/Fiction, November 2017: We’re All Russian, Now: Talking Russian-American Politics, and the Enduring Appeal of Russian Literature

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