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Natalie Carter & Melissa Cummings-Quarry

Natalie Carter, Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Harriett Gilbert discuss Alice Walker, Virginia Woolf and Zora N Hurston. From 2020.

The two founders of Black Girls Book Club, Natalie Carter and Melissa Cummings-Quarry join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books by Alice Walker, Virginia Woolf and Zora N Hurston.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Publisher: Orion

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: Virago

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2020.

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28 minutes

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Wed 4 Feb 202600:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 9 Jun 202016:30
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  • Fri 12 Jun 202023:00
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  • Tue 3 Feb 202610:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
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    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 4 Feb 202600:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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