Adele Vignes News Today

Brit Bennett pushes questions of race and color to their extremes in her new novel, The Vanishing Half. A three-generational novel that is anything but old-fashioned, a central topic concerns identity fused with acting and lying. The main characters wonder what defines happiness. In this book’s case, it makes for great reading. Bennett discusses creating real people and not just types—forging a kaleidoscopic story about people and communities. *This episode originally aired on June 25, 20...