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Podcast: Behind the Mic With Kirkus Reviews
Episode: MOONRISE OVER NEW JESSUP by Jamila Minnicks, read by Karen Chilton
Description: Karen Chilton’s performance of Jamila Minnicks’s debut novel is what happens when an outstanding narrator finds their perfect match in a text. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Kendra Winchester discuss this historical novel about Alice Young, who in 1957 flees her home in rural Alabama and lands in New Jessup. It’s an all-Black town that has spent generations carving out a place for itself as a safe haven for Black families. Chilton is a stunning narrator, and she captures the Southern dialect and Alice’s narrative voice to tell this emotional story of community and love.Read...