Namwali Serpell

25 Podcast Episodes

“The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell

“The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell

12-year old Cassandra is unable to save her young brother from a tragic accident and his body is never found. This event... Read more

12 Apr 2023

6mins

S4 Ep25: On Quantum Theory and Social Justice in Namwali Serpell's The Furrows

S4 Ep25: On Quantum Theory and Social Justice in Namwali Serpell's The Furrows

The spiders attempt to fit together the refracting, self-contradictory plot and reconcile the competing thematic strands... Read more

4 Mar 2023

1hr 11mins

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First Draft - Namwali Serpell

First Draft - Namwali Serpell

Namwali Serpell was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and lives in America. Her debut novel, The Old Drift, won the Anisfield-Wolf... Read more

19 Dec 2022

1hr 4mins

Namwali Serpell's "The Furrows"

Namwali Serpell's "The Furrows"

On this special LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by Namwali Serpell, ... Read more

21 Oct 2022

37mins

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Namwali Serpell's "The Furrows"

Namwali Serpell's "The Furrows"

On this special LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by Namwali Serpell, ... Read more

21 Oct 2022

37mins

Episode 176: Namwali Serpell

Episode 176: Namwali Serpell

Namwali Serpell was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and lives in New York. Her debut novel, The Old Drift was named one of the 1... Read more

6 Oct 2022

39mins

Namwali Serpell

Namwali Serpell

Namwali Serpell joins us to discuss The Furrows (Hogarth, Sept. 27), in which a woman grieves the loss of her younger br... Read more

4 Oct 2022

50mins

Namwali Serpell on Grief and Its Association With Religion and Writing

Namwali Serpell on Grief and Its Association With Religion and Writing

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the ec... Read more

27 Sep 2022

30mins

Namwali Serpell (2020 Fiction)

Namwali Serpell (2020 Fiction)

Namwali Serpell, the 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner for fiction, joins The Asterisk* to discuss what makes stron... Read more

26 Mar 2021

45mins

79 - The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

79 - The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

We're a bit late this week, but we have reigned victorious over midterms and work functions and an election to bring you... Read more

14 Aug 2020

50mins

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