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Speaking to The Hurt Felt By The Nation 

February 14, 2021

How do you sum up a year in which Americans experienced one national hurt after another? In 2020, we faced the coronavirus pandemic, a summer of unrest over racial injustice and instances of political violence. New York Times best-selling author and cultural critic Roxane Gay joins Soledad to discuss her new personal account, “Writing into the Wound: Understanding Trauma, Truth, and Language,” speaking to her own trauma and that felt by the nation.

 

 

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