In 2019, British author Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize for her novel “Girl, Woman, Other.” She’s the first Black woman to do so in the award’s 53-year history.
But before that, she had a long career writing plays, poetry, and short stories centered around the African diaspora.
Her new memoir, “Manifesto,” is a story of perseverance:
We talk with Evaristo about finding her voice and never letting it go.
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