Author Ben Philippe talks about his new book "Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes From the Other Side of the Fist Bump."

About the book:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a good white person of liberal leanings must be in want of a Black friend.
In the biting, hilarious vein of "What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker" and "We Are Never Meeting in Real Life" comes Ben Philippe’s candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend (see also: foreign kid, boyfriend, coworker, student, teacher, roommate, enemy) in predominantly white spaces. 

About Ben Philippe:
Ben Philippe is the author of the young adult novels "Field Guide to the North American Teenager", winner of the 2020 William C. Morris Award, and "Charming as a Verb". In 2021, Philippe published his first work of adult nonfiction, "Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend".

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Authors Uncovered, Ep. 13: Ben Philippe

Author Meg Waite Clayton talks about her new book "The Last Train To London".

About the book:
"The Last Train To London" is a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of "Orphan Train" and "The Nightingale", centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi-occupied Europe—and one brave woman who helped them escape to safety.

About Meg Waite Clayton:
Meg Waite Clayton is a New York Times bestselling author of seven novels. Her previous novels include the Beautiful Exiles, Langum Prize--honored The Race for Paris; The Language of Light, a finalist for the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction (now the PEN/Bellwether); and The Wednesday Sisters, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. She has also written for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Forbes, and public radio, often on the subject of the particular challenges women face.

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