The Sellout - Literary Roadhouse Bookclub Ep 5
Publisher |
Literary Roadhouse
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audio
Publication Date |
May 16, 2016
Episode Duration |
00:56:54

Discussion Notes: The Sellout Next Month’s novel is Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy Rated: Explicit for Adult Themes and Language Our guest this month couldn’t make it, but Anais, Maya, and Gerald dove in to this dark satire by Paul Beatty. The Sellout follows a black, urban farmer who, in an effort to restore the black...

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Discussion Notes: The Sellout Next Month’s novel is Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy Rated: Explicit for Adult Themes and Language Our guest this month couldn’t make it, but Anais, Maya, and Gerald dove in to this dark satire by Paul Beatty. The Sellout follows a black, urban farmer who, in an effort to restore the black community in his hometown of Dickens, decides to segregate his community. The novel touches on other dark moments in American black history such as slavery, minstrel entertainment, and the civil rights movement. Gerald enjoyed the novel for its fresh prose, humor, and sheer entertainment value, but, as an outsider to both the black experience and United States history, struggled to connect with the references and message on a personal level. Anais was delighted by the courage in the social commentary and the stream-of-consciousness narrative. Maya loved the slam poetry roots evident in the language, and the use of black culture’s ‘inside voice’, and related several points in the novel to her own experience as a black woman in the United States. If you have any recommendations for the bookclub, please let us know in the comments. We also have a voicemail system on the website. If you would like to leave a voicemail please click the green bar that says voicemail on the left. We may play your comment live on the show, unless you tell us not to. We air the first Friday of every month and discuss the books on twitter using #LRHBC

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