Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen“I think a curse is a kind of story that we tell when there is a misfortune of such size, that is so far out of the ordinary, that it requires a deeper kind of explanation, a narrative explanation that goes beyond what is visible.” That’s how Julian Lucas, a contributing writer for the Book Review, starts his discussion on the podcast this week about curses and their function in four new works of literature by African women.

Source: New York Times January 11, 2019 18:11 UTC