LLW: Interview with Gavanndra Hodge, author of The Consequences of Love

Loves Labours Watched

This week we had the pleasure of chatting to journalist Gavanndra Hodge, author of new memoir The Consequences of Love, about the sudden death of her younger sister and its impact on her family. We talked about grief, memoir-writing and what it was like for Gavanndra growing up as the child of addicts. We also bring back our bi-weekly book segment. This time round, we discuss some fiction and non-fiction written by black authors that discuss racism in Britain and in the US. We talk about Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age, Andrea Levy's Small Island and Tayari Jones' An American Marriage. This is just a small selection -- there are so many more important novels and works of non-fiction that could help educate readers on race relations and discrimination in Britain, the US and across the world. We have many more on our reading list and we would love to hear recommends from listeners, too. Follow us and get in touch on social media, @RealLLW on Twitter and @LovesLaboursWatched on Instagram. Stay safe everyone and enjoy the episode.