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The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
Written by Soraya Palmer
Narrated by Jaimi Gray
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Folktales and spirits animate this lively coming-of-age tale that follows two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in Brooklyn grappling with hard truths about their family.
Author
Soraya Palmer
Soraya Palmer was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NYC with roots in Trinidad and Jamaica. She works in Youth Organizing and holds a BA in Africana Studies an M.F.A. in Fiction. Her work has been published in Ploughshares, Callaloo, Black Warrior Review, and Calyx. This is her first novel.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love this. The questions were awesome! I now can see my own origin story in these pages.
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