Ella and Jenna review “Kindred”, a classic that caught us off guard

Red Wine Reads

This week, we read Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

This novel follows Dana, a black woman who travels back in time to Antebellum Maryland and has to save her family line. She must face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.

Ella joins me on this episode to discuss:

• The reason why EVERYBODY IS NOT READING THIS EFFIN’ NOVEL!
• Why Octavia E. Butler is an absolute trailblazer in the science fiction genre and she is not getting enough recognition.
• How Jenna and Ella were absolutely gobsmacked by the ending.

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will have you closing the book, and feeling unsure whether you should scream, cry, or both.

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• DRINK: Moonshine
• TV SHOW - Outlander, The Good Lord Bird
• BOOK - Who Fears Death, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
• MOVIE - BlacKkKlansman, Triangle of Sadness
• SPECIAL PAIRING: NPR’s Throughline: Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction (2021)

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